A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for the travel expenses of veterans seeking care in Departmental health-care facilities.

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Revises the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse persons for travel expenses in connection with examination, treatment, or care at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility. Lists as eligible: (1) a veteran or other person whose travel is in connection with treatment or care for a service-connected disability; (2) a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 50 percent or more; or (3) a veteran whose annual income does not exceed two times the basic rate of a veteran's non-service-connected disability pension. Authorizes such payments only if the veteran or other person resides beyond a 50-mile radius of the health-care facility providing such care. Repeals current Federal provisions which: (1) deduct three dollars each way from such travel expenses paid; and (2) prohibit the payment of such travel expenses unless the veteran or person has been determined unable to defray such expenses, with specified exceptions.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 16 April 1991

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