Sec. 5. Additional amounts for Department of Veterans Affairs to purchase, maintain, and refresh devices and services for provision of telehealth services
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Out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs $100,000,000 for Telehealth and Connected Care, Connected Care Program Funding: Sustainment and Expansion, Home and Community Based Services, to be used— to furnish internet-connected devices (such as tablets) and associated internet access services to veterans for purposes of providing such veterans with access to telehealth services from the Department; and to maintain and refresh such devices and services and any such devices and services previously provided to veterans for such purposes. Amounts appropriated under subsection
(a)shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2022. In expending amounts to furnish, maintain, and refresh devices and internet access services for veterans as described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize— veterans who are in unserved and underserved areas; veterans who reside in rural and highly rural areas, as defined in the Rural-Urban Commuting Areas coding system of the Department of Agriculture; low-income veterans; and any other veterans that the Secretary considers to be at a higher risk for suicide and mental health concerns during isolation periods due to a public health emergency. The amounts provided under this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(g) ). In the Senate, this section is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
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Additional amounts for Department of Veterans Affairs to purchase, maintain, and refresh devices and services for provision of telehealth services
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