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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 635 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans |
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| 6 | 6 | | Affairs to recognize nurse registries for purposes of the Veterans Commu- |
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| 7 | 7 | | nity Care Program, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY19, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | UBERVILLE(for himself and Mr. SCOTTof Florida) introduced the fol- |
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| 12 | 12 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Vet- |
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| 13 | 13 | | erans’ Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec- |
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| 16 | 16 | | retary of Veterans Affairs to recognize nurse registries |
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| 17 | 17 | | for purposes of the Veterans Community Care Program, |
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| 18 | 18 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Homecare 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Choice Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 635 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF NURSE REGISTRIES FOR PUR-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | POSES OF VETERANS COMMUNITY CARE PRO-2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | GRAM. 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, is 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended— 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in subsection (c)— 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | paragraph (6); and 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | following new paragraph: 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(5) Any nurse registry, including any reg-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | istered nurse, licensed practical nurse, certified nurs-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ing assistant, home health aide, companion, or 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | homemaker furnishing services through a nurse reg-14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | istry.’’; and 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) in subsection (q), by adding at the end the 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | following new paragraph: 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(3) The term ‘nurse registry’ means a person 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | that— 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(A) procures, or attempts to procure, con-20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tracts or other agreements on behalf of reg-21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | istered nurses, licensed practical nurses, cer-22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tified nursing assistants, home health aides, 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | companions, or homemakers, under which such 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | individuals may provide health care-related or 25 |
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| 52 | 52 | | assistive services (including such services pro-26 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •S 635 IS |
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| 56 | 56 | | vided directly to patients or in support of health 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | care facilities) and receive compensation for 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | such services; and 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(B) satisfies any applicable State licen-4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | sure requirement.’’. 5 |
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