Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . VA Care in the Community Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Improved access for veterans to non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical care Sec. 101. Assignment of veterans to primary care providers. Sec. 102. Establishment of VA Care in the Community Program. Sec. 103. Veterans Care Agreements. Sec. 104. Modification of authority to enter into agreements with State homes to provide nursing home care.
Sec. 105. Department of Veterans Affairs electronic interface for processing of medical claims. Sec. 106. Funding for VA Care in the Community Program. Sec. 107. Termination of certain provisions authorizing medical care to veterans through non-Department of Veterans Affairs providers. Sec. 108. Implementation and transition. Sec. 109. Transplant procedures with live donors and related services. Title II—Other administrative matters Sec. 201. Reimbursement for emergency ambulance services.
Sec. 202. Improvement of care coordination for veterans through exchange of certain medical records. Sec. 203. Elimination of copayment offset. Sec. 204. Use of Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund for certain improvements in collections. Sec. 205. Department of Veterans Affairs health care productivity improvement. Sec. 206. Licensure of health care professionals of the Department of Veterans Affairs providing treatment via telemedicine. Sec. 207. Establishment of processes to ensure safe opioid prescribing practices by non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers.
Sec. 208. Assessment of health care furnished by the Department to veterans who live in the territories. Sec. 209. Oversight and accountability of financial processes of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 210. Authority for Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Innovation for Care and Payment. Title III—Improvements to Recruitment of Physicians Sec. 301. Designated scholarships for physicians and dentists under Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program.
Sec. 302. Establishment of Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program. Sec. 303. Veterans healing veterans medical access and scholarship program.