[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1014 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1014
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans
to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority
category.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 7, 2003
Mr. Corzine (for himself and Mrs. Clinton) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans
to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority
category.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE PRIORITY FOR
CERTAIN LOW-INCOME VETERANS BASED UPON REGIONAL INCOME
THRESHOLDS.
(a) Change in Priority Category.--Section 1705(a) of title 38,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5)--
(A) by inserting ``(A) who are'' after
``Veterans'';
(B) by inserting ``and'' after ``through (4)''; and
(C) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, or (B) who are described in section
1710(a)(3) of this title and are eligible for treatment
as a low-income family under section 3(b) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)) for the
area in which such veterans reside, regardless of
whether such veterans are treated as single person
families under paragraph (3)(A) of such section 3(b) or
as families under paragraph (3)(B) of such section
3(b)'';
(2) by striking paragraph (7); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7) and in
that paragraph by striking ``paragraph (7)'' and inserting
``paragraph (5)(B)''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1710(f)(4) of such title is
amended by striking ``section 1705(a)(7)'' and inserting ``section
1705(a)(5)(B)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 2, 2002.
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