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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 467 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement of |
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| 6 | 6 | | a service-connected disability to furnish veterans with medical care out- |
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| 7 | 7 | | side of a State, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY15, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. V |
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| 11 | 11 | | ANDREWintroduced 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 eliminate the |
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| 15 | 15 | | requirement of a service-connected disability to furnish |
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| 16 | 16 | | veterans with medical care outside of a State, and for |
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| 17 | 17 | | 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 ‘‘Foreign Medical Pro-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | gram Modernization Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF FOREIGN MEDICAL PROGRAM OF 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) E |
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| 29 | 29 | | LIMINATION OF SERVICE-CONNECTED DIS-3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ABILITYREQUIREMENT.—Section 1724 of title 38, United 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | States Code, is amended— 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) by striking subsection (a); 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | as subsections (a) through (d), respectively; 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) in subsection (a), as so redesignated— 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘if the 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Secretary determines that such care and serv-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ices are needed for the treatment of a service- 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | connected disability of the veteran or as part of 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | a rehabilitation program under chapter 31 of 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | this title’’; and 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a serv-16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ice-connected disability of’’; and 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | striking ‘‘who has a service-connected disability’’. 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) E |
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| 47 | 47 | | LECTRONICFUNDTRANSFERREIMBURSE-20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | MENT.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall update 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the payment system of the Department of Veterans Af-22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | fairs to allow for reimbursements through electronic fund 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | transfer for hospital care or medical services furnished 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | pursuant to section 1724 of title 38, United States Code. 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (c) ASSESSMENT OFCONTRACT FORPROVISION OF 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | C |
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| 58 | 58 | | ARE.—The Secretary shall assess the feasibility and im-2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | plications of entering into a contract with an appropriate 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | non-Department entity to build a network of non-Depart-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ment entities to provide hospital care and medical services 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | pursuant to section 1724 of title 38, United States Code, 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | including implications for the administrative burden on 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | veterans eligible to receive such care and services. 8 |
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