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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1972 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the period during which |
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| 6 | 6 | | the referral of a veteran, made by a health care provider of the Depart- |
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| 7 | 7 | | ment of Veterans Affairs, to a non-Department provider, for care or |
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| 8 | 8 | | services under the Community Care Program of such Department, re- |
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| 9 | 9 | | mains valid. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | MARCH10, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mrs. M |
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| 13 | 13 | | ILLER-MEEKSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the |
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| 17 | 17 | | period during which the referral of a veteran, made by |
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| 18 | 18 | | a health care provider of the Department of Veterans |
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| 19 | 19 | | Affairs, to a non-Department provider, for care or serv- |
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| 20 | 20 | | ices under the Community Care Program of such Depart- |
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| 21 | 21 | | ment, remains valid. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Standardizing Treat-4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ment and Referral Times Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘START 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 1972 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PERIOD DURING WHICH A RE-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | FERRAL UNDER THE COMMUNITY CARE PRO-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | GRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | AFFAIRS REMAINS VALID. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 1703(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | paragraph: 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(E) Ensuring that the period during which the 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | referral of a covered veteran, made by a health care 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | provider of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | a non-Department provider, for care or services 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | under this section, is valid, begins on the day that 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the covered veteran has the first appointment with 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | such non-Department provider.’’. 14 |
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