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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 5674 (Reported in House) — To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making rec... · Sec. 153

Sec. 153. Authorization to provide for operations on live donors for purposes of conducting transplant procedures for veterans

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Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Subject to subsections
(b)and (c), in a case in which a veteran is eligible for a transplant procedure from the Department, the Secretary may provide for an operation on a live donor to carry out such procedure for such veteran, notwithstanding that the live donor may not be eligible for health care from the Department. Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary shall furnish to a live donor any care or services before and after conducting the transplant procedure under subsection
(a)that may be required in connection with such procedure. In carrying out this section, the Secretary may provide for the operation described in subsection
(a)on a live donor and furnish to the live donor the care and services described in subsection
(b)at a non-Department facility pursuant to an agreement entered into by the Secretary under this chapter. The live donor shall be deemed to be an individual eligible for hospital care and medical services at a non-Department facility pursuant to such an agreement solely for the purposes of receiving such operation, care, and services at the non-Department facility. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1787 the following new item: 1788. Transplant procedures with live donors and related services. .
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