Care for our Heroes Act

Care for our Heroes Act - Makes each veteran eligible to participate in a hospice program (or a similar program) conducted by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) regardless of: (1) the net worth or income of the veteran, the veteran's spouse, or the veteran's child; or (2) whether or not the Secretary has otherwise furnished the veteran with any veterans' benefit.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4725 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4725

To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that all veterans are 
 eligible to participate in hospice care programs of the Secretary of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2014

   Mr. Collins of New York 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 ensure that all veterans are 
 eligible to participate in hospice care programs of the Secretary of 
                           Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Care for our Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICE CARE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1710 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in accordance 
with the priorities specified in section 1705(a) of this title, each 
veteran is eligible to participate in a hospice program (or a similar 
program) conducted by the Secretary, regardless of--
            ``(1) the net worth or income of the veteran, spouse of the 
        veteran, or child of the veteran; or
            ``(2) whether the Secretary has otherwise furnished to the 
        veteran any benefit under the laws administered by the 
        Secretary.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to a veteran who seeks to participate in a hospice 
program (or similar program) conducted by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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