To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a full-service hospital of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire and to provide continued access to care under the Veterans Community Care Program in States that establish such a hospital.
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires VA to study the feasibility of establishing full-service VA hospitals in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire and preserves continued community-care access in states that establish such hospitals.
Who Benefits and How
Veterans in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire may benefit from planning toward in-state VA hospital access while retaining access to Veterans Community Care Program options.
Who Bears the Burden and How
VA must conduct and publish the feasibility study and administer the related community-care eligibility change.
Key Provisions
- Requires a VA feasibility study on full-service hospitals in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire.
- Requires public release of the study within 1 year.
- Preserves continued Veterans Community Care Program access in states that establish a full-service VA facility.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires VA to study the feasibility of establishing full-service VA hospitals in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire and preserves continued community-care access in states that establish such hospitals.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans Affairs, Healthcare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires VA to study the feasibility of establishing full-service VA hospitals in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire and preserves continued community-care access in states that establish such hospitals.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Veterans in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire
- Veterans using the Veterans Community Care Program in those states
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Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Veterans Affairs administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Sullivan (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. …
Stakeholder Effects
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Department of Veterans Affairs administrators
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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