Expanding Veterans' Access to Choice Act

Summary

Expanding Veterans' Access to Choice Act This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to provide that a veteran who lives within 40 miles (calculated on distance traveled) of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility, including a community-based outpatient clinic, remains eligible to receive Veterans Choice program services through an approved private health care center if: (1) the VA cannot assign a full-time primary care physician to the veteran at any VA facility within such distance, or (2) no VA facility within such distance provides the needed hospital care or medical treatment.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 May 2017

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 May 2017

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 May 2017

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