HR 1907 · 93th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Veterans Medical Care Act

Introduced 1973-01-11· Sponsored by Rep. Saylor, John P. [R-PA-12]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1973-01-11)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Veterans Medical Care Act - Title I: Amendments to Chapter 17 of Title 38, United States Code - Hospital, Domiciliary, and Medical Care - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish hospital care to the wife or child of a person who has a total disability, permanent in nature, resulting from a service connected disability or to the widow or child of a person who has died as the result of a service-connected disability to the extent that such care does not interfere with furnishing hospital and domiciliary care to veterans themselves. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish medical services on an outpatient or ambulatory basis where such services are in preparation for or obviate the need of hospital admission, are necessary to complete treatment incident to hospital care, or when a veteran has a total and permanent service-connected disability. Allows the Administrator to transfer to public or private institutions any person who upon discharge from any Armed Forces hospital will become a veteran (as well as any veteran who has been furnished care in a hopital under the direct and exclusive jurisdicton of the Administrator). Authorizes the Administrator to reimburse…

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