Health Care for America's Heroes Act

Health Care for America's Heroes Act - Makes eligible for health care under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patient enrollment system veterans with incomes not exceeding 200% of the maximum for treatment as a low-income family. (Currently, only veterans with incomes not exceeding the maximum for treatment as a low-income family are so eligible.)

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 449 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 449

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the availability of 
health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by adjusting 
            the income level for certain priority veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2009

  Mr. Sestak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the availability of 
health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by adjusting 
            the income level for certain priority veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care for America's Heroes 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY SECRETARY 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BY ADJUSTING THE INCOME LEVEL FOR 
              CERTAIN PRIORITY VETERANS.

    (a) Adjustment of Income Level.--Subsection (a)(7) of section 1705 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ``who are 
eligible for treatment as a low-income family'' and inserting ``whose 
incomes do not exceed 200 percent of the maximum income of a family 
that is eligible for treatment as a low-income family''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to patient enrollments in the system of annual 
patient enrollment under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, 
for fiscal years beginning on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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