Veterans' Health Care Flexibility Act

Veterans' Health Care Flexibility Act - Allows veterans who are eligible to receive hospital care and medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to elect to receive such care and services at non-VA facilities.

Directs the VA Secretary to contract with non-VA facilities to furnish hospital care and medical services to such veterans.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4760 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4760

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of 
     veterans to receive health care at private medical facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2014

  Mr. Ribble 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 improve the ability of 
     veterans to receive health care at private medical facilities.

    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 ``Veterans' Health Care Flexibility 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO VETERANS RECEIVING CARE AT PRIVATE 
              MEDICAL FACILITIES.

    Section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a)(1) Upon the election of a veteran enrolled in the health care 
system established under section 1705(a), the Secretary shall furnish 
to the veteran at a non-Department facility hospital care and medical 
services that the veteran is eligible to receive under this chapter.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall enter into contracts with non-Department 
facilities to furnish hospital care and medical services pursuant to 
paragraph (1).
    ``(3) The Secretary may not require a veteran to make more than one 
election under paragraph (1).
    ``(4) An election made under paragraph (1) may not be construed as 
affecting the ability of a veteran to receive hospital care and medical 
services at a medical facility of the Department.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b); and
            (3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (b) and (c), respectively.
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