Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Helping our Rural Veterans Receive Health Care Act”.
Helping our Rural Veterans Receive Health Care Act
A BILL
To make permanent the pilot program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding enhanced contract care authority for the health care needs of veterans located in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Program of enhanced contract care authority for health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas
Permanent Project ARCH— Subsection (a) of section 403 of the Veterans’ Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–387; 38 U.S.C. 1703 note) is amended—
by striking paragraph (3);
by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and
in paragraph (3), as so redesignated—
by striking “Veterans Integrated Service Networks (and such other locations as the Secretary considers appropriate)” and inserting “locations”; and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(F) Such other locations that the Secretary determines necessary to ensure that all covered veterans may participate in the program.”
Conforming amendments— Such section 403 is further amended—
by striking “pilot program” each place it appears and inserting “program”; and
in subsection (k)(2), by striking “regarding” and all that follows through the period and inserting “regarding the continuation of the program.”.