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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 785 (Reported in Senate) — To improve mental health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. · Sec. 101

Sec. 101. Expansion of health care coverage for veterans

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Section 1710(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; by redesignating subparagraph
(B)as subparagraph (C); and by inserting after subparagraph
(A)the following new subparagraph (B): to any veteran during the one-year period following the discharge or release of the veteran from active military, naval, or air service; and . Section 1705(c) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Secretary from providing hospital care and medical services to a veteran under section 1710(a)(1)(B) of this title during the period specified in such section notwithstanding the failure of the veteran to enroll in the system of patient enrollment established by the Secretary under subsection (a). . The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall promote to members of the Armed Forces transitioning from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life through the Transition Assistance Program the expanded eligibility of veterans for health care under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the amendments made by this section. In this paragraph, the term Transition Assistance Program means the Transition Assistance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, United States Code. Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish on a website of the Department of Veterans Affairs notification of the expanded eligibility of veterans for health care under the laws administered by the Secretary pursuant to the amendments made by this section.
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