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Dental Care for Low-Income Veterans Act

H.R. 2138 · 116th Congress · Apr 8, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of low-income veterans to receive dental care.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Dental Care for Low-Income Veterans Act”.

2. Expansion of dental care to low-income veterans

Section 1712(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (G), by striking “or”;
(2)
by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I); and
(3)
by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new subparagraph (H):

“(H) beginning on the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, from which a veteran whose attributable income is not greater than the amount set forth in section 1722(b) of this title is suffering; or”