Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . Improving Veterans Access to Care in the Community Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Improvement of access of veterans to non-Department care Sec. 101. Improvement of access of veterans to health care through establishment of Veterans Choice Program. Sec. 102. Expansion of reimbursement of veterans for emergency treatment and urgent care. Sec. 103. Termination of certain provisions authorizing care to veterans through non-Department of Veterans Affairs providers.
TITLE II—Authority to pay for non-Department care Sec. 201. Authorization of agreements between the Department of Veterans Affairs and non-Department health care providers. Sec. 202. Modification of authority to enter into agreements with State homes to provide nursing home care. Sec. 203. Requirement for advance appropriations for the Care in the Community account of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 204. Annual transfer of amounts within Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for health care from non-Department providers.
Sec. 205. Elimination of requirement to act as secondary payer for care relating to non-service-connected disabilities under Choice Program. Sec. 206. Authorization of use of certain amounts appropriated to the Veterans Choice Fund for other non-Department of Veterans Affairs care. Sec. 207. Modification of process through which Department of Veterans Affairs records obligations for non-Department care. TITLE III—Other health care matters Sec. 301. Treatment of Department of Veterans Affairs as participating provider for recovery of costs of certain medical care.
Sec. 302. Primary care providers for veterans enrolled in patient enrollment system of Department of Veterans Affairs.