Sec. 80015. Expansion of Vet Center services to veterans and members of the Armed Forces who perform certain service in response to covered public health emergency
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Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— by striking clauses
(i)through
(iv)both places it appears and inserting clauses
(i)through
(v); by striking in clause
(v)both places it appears and inserting in clause
(vi); in subsection (a)(1)(C)— by redesignating clauses
(iv)and
(v)as clauses
(v)and (vi), respectively; and by inserting after clause
(iii)the following new clause (iv): Any individual who is a veteran or member of the Armed Forces (including the reserve components), who, in response to a covered public health emergency, performed active service or State active duty for a period of at least 14 days. ; and in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: The term active service has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10. The term covered public health emergency means the declaration— of a public health emergency, based on an outbreak of COVID–19, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ); or of a domestic emergency, based on an outbreak of COVID–19, by the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a State or local authority. .
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Sec. 80015
Expansion of Vet Center services to veterans and members of the Armed Forces who perform certain service in response to covered public health emergency
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