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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3088 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid |
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| 6 | 6 | | specialists under the Veterans Community Care Program of the Depart- |
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| 7 | 7 | | ment of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL30, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARRETTintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed |
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| 15 | 15 | | hearing aid specialists under the Veterans Community |
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| 16 | 16 | | Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Hearing 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Health Expansion Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 3088 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF LICENSED HEARING AID SPECIAL-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ISTS IN VETERANS COMMUNITY CARE PRO-2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | GRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | AFFAIRS. 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 1703(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended by— 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | lowing new paragraph: 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(2) A hearing aid specialist licensed to furnish 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | medical services in the State in which such hearing 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | aid specialist is located.’’. 13 |
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