Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act”.
Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act
A BILL
To expand and modify the grant program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Expansion and modification of transportation grant program of Department of Veterans Affairs
Section 307 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended—
in the section heading, by inserting “rural or” before “highly”;
in subsection (a)—
by inserting “rural or” before “highly” each place it appears;
in paragraph (2)—
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B):
“(B) County veterans service organizations.”
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(D) Tribal organizations.”
in paragraph (3), by striking “A State veterans service agency or veterans service organization awarded” and inserting “A recipient of”; and
by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph (4):
“(4) Maximum amount
“(A) In general—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amount of a grant under this section may not exceed $60,000.
“(B) Additional amount to purchase a vehicle—The amount of a grant under this section to a recipient may be increased to an amount not to exceed $80,000 if the recipient is required to purchase a vehicle to comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) in carrying out this section.”
in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
“(1) Rural; highly rural—The terms rural and highly rural have the meanings given those terms under the Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA) coding system of the Department of Agriculture.”
in subsection (d), by striking “$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2022” and inserting “such sums as may be necessary”.