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H.R. 2478

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Expanding Veterans' Access to Choice Act
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · May 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Congress
115th (2017–2019)
Introduced
May 17, 2017
Cosponsors (23)
3D 20R
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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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