To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health care for certain Filipino World War II veterans residing in the United States.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2352 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2352

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide eligibility for
Department of Veterans Affairs health care for certain Filipino World
War II veterans residing in the United States.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 5, 2003

Mr. Simmons (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Evans, Mr.
Cunningham, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mrs. Davis of California,
Mr. Issa, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) 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 provide eligibility for
Department of Veterans Affairs health care for certain Filipino World
War II veterans residing in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE
OF CERTAIN FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS RESIDING IN THE
UNITED STATES.

(a) Eligibility.--The text of section 1734 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(a) The Secretary shall furnish hospital and nursing home care
and medical services to any individual described in subsection (b) in
the same manner, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as apply
to the furnishing of such care and services to individuals who are
veterans as defined in section 101(2) of this title. Any disability of
an individual described in subsection (b) that is a service-connected
disability for purposes of this subchapter (as provided for under
section 1735(2) of this title) shall be considered to be a service-
connected disability for purposes of furnishing care and services under
the preceding sentence.
``(b) Subsection (a) applies to any individual who is a
Commonwealth Army veteran or new Philippine Scout and who--
``(1) is residing in the United States; and
``(2) is a citizen of the United States or an alien
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent
residence.''.
(b) Limitation.--(1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
submits to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House
of Representatives and publishes in the Federal Register a
certification described in paragraph (2).
(2) A certification referred to in paragraph (1) is a certification
that sufficient resources are available for the fiscal year during
which the certification is submitted to carry out section 1734 of title
38, United States Code, as amended by such amendment, during that
fiscal year at each significantly affected health care facility of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
(3) For purposes of paragraph (2), the term ``significantly
affected health care facilty'' means a health care facility at which,
as determined by the Secretary, it is reasonably foreseeable that the
implementation of the provisions of section 1734 of title 38, United
States Code, as amended by subsection (a), will result in a significant
increase in the use of health care resources due to the number of
veterans described in subsection (b) of that section who are considered
to be likely to seek hospital or nursing home care or medical services,
as authorized by subsection (a) of that section, at that facility.
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