Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Healthcare Freedom for VHA Volunteer Drivers Act of 2024”.
Healthcare Freedom for VHA Volunteer Drivers Act of 2024
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revise a certain directive of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 2 Revision to certain directive of Veterans Health Administration of Department of Veterans Affairs required
In general— The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall revise VHA Directive 1193.01(1) titled “Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Program for Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel” and published on January 27, 2022 (as amended on December 1, 2022) to ensure that a covered individual may, subject to such conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate, volunteer to transport a veteran to a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purposes of receiving health care.
Covered individual defined— In this section, the term “covered individual” means an individual who has not received a vaccination against COVID–19.