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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Veterans Health Care Access Received
Closer to Home Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) veterans who are authorized by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to receive health care in the community must
not lose the high quality, safety, care coordination, and other
veteran-centric elements that the health care system of the
Department of Veterans Affairs provides;
(2) many veterans receive health care from both the
Department and community providers but the lack of care
coordination among the Department and community providers when
veterans receive purchased care places veterans at risk for
poor health outcomes and results in inefficient use of finite
health care resources;
(3) veteran-centric care coordination is associated with
improved patient outcomes, as Department and non-Department
health care teams coordinate and collaborate to provide the
best care for veterans; and
(4) if the Secretary purchases care for veterans from the
private sector, such care must be secured in a cost-effective
manner, in a way that complements the larger health care system
of the Department by using industry standards for care and
costs.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION AND MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM OF ENHANCED
CONTRACT CARE AUTHORITY FOR HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF
VETERANS.

Section 403 of the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care
Improvements Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-387; 38 U.S.C. 1703 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ''120 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting
''90 days after the date of the enactment of the
Veterans Health Care Access Received Closer to Home Act
of 2014''; and
(B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
''(4) Program locations.--The Secretary shall carry out the
pilot program at locations in the following Veterans Integrated
Service Networks (and such other locations as the Secretary
considers appropriate):
''(A) Veterans Integrated Service Network 1.
''(B) Veterans Integrated Service Network 6.
''(C) Veterans Integrated Service Network 15.
''(D) Veterans Integrated Service Network 18.
''(E) Veterans Integrated Service Network 19.'';
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
''(b) Covered Veterans.--For purposes of the pilot program under
this section, a covered veteran is any rural or highly rural veteran
who--
''(1) is--
''(A) enrolled in the system of patient enrollment
established under section 1705(a) of title 38, United
States Code;
''(B) eligible for health care under the laws
administered by the Secretary and enrolls in such
system of patient enrollment not later than 30 days
after the veteran begins receiving covered health
services under the pilot program; or
''(C) eligible for health care under section
1710(e)(3) of such title; and
''(2) resides in a location that is--
''(A) more than 60 minutes driving distance from
the nearest Department health care facility providing
primary care services, if the veteran is seeking such
services;
''(B) more than 120 minutes driving distance from
the nearest Department health care facility providing
acute hospital care, if the veteran is seeking such
care; or
''(C) more than 240 minutes driving distance from
the nearest Department health care facility providing
tertiary care, if the veteran is seeking such care.'';
(3) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (j);
(4) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new
subsections:
''(h) Appointments.--In carrying out the pilot program under this
section, the Secretary shall ensure that medical appointments for
veterans occur during the 30-day period beginning on the date that is
15 days after the date on which the appointment is requested.
''(i) Outreach.--The Secretary shall ensure that a veteran eligible
for the pilot program under this section is informed of such
program.''; and
(5) in paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (j), as redesignated
by paragraph (3) of this section, by striking the semicolon at
the end and inserting ''; and''.
Solution:
Veterans Health Care Access Received Closer to Home Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress in support of veteran-centric health care coordination between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and community providers, as well as cost-effective VA purchase of veterans' care from the private sector. Amends the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 to reauthorize a VA pilot program of contract care authority within specified Veterans Integrated Service Networks for the health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas who are enrolled in the VA annual patient enrollment system. Requires: (1) that medical appointments for veterans, under the pilot program, occur during the 30-day period beginning on the date that is 15 days after the appointment is requested, and (2) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that eligible veterans are informed of the program.