Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nation’s Veterans Act of 2019”.
Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nation’s Veterans Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each wheelchair, furnished to a veteran because of a service-connected disability, restores the maximum achievable mobility in the activities of daily life, employment, and recreation, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Wheelchairs for veterans with service-connected disabilities
Definition— Section 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(11) The term “wheelchair” includes enhanced power wheelchairs, multi-environmental wheelchairs, track wheelchairs, stair-climbing wheelchairs, and other power-driven mobility devices.”
Enhanced wheelchairs— Section 1712(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
by striking “Dental” and inserting “(1) Dental”;
by striking “section” and inserting “title”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) The Secretary shall ensure that each wheelchair, furnished under this title to a veteran because of a service-connected disability, restores the maximum achievable mobility and function in the activities of daily life, employment, and recreation. The Secretary may furnish a wheelchair to a veteran because the wheelchair restores an ability that relates exclusively to participation in a recreational activity.”