To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide health care for family members and other individuals who resided at or worked at locations where there is a presumption of service-connection for certain illnesses and conditions, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · November 15, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
This bill would expand Veterans Affairs health care eligibility to family members and other individuals who lived at or worked at military locations where veterans are presumed to have developed certain illnesses or conditions due to environmental exposure. To qualify, these non-veterans would need to demonstrate they were exposed to the same conditions that entitled veterans to presumed service-connection benefits at those specific locations. The VA would provide hospital care and medical services for covered illnesses, but only to the extent that Congress appropriates funds for this purpose, and individuals must first exhaust all other available insurance claims and remedies before seeking VA coverage. The bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress annually through 2028 on the number of individuals served, conditions treated, applications denied, and cases pending eligibility decisions.
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