To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide health care for veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 15, 1993
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide hospital care, and authorizes the Secretary to provide nursing home care, to a veteran exposed to an environmental hazard. Makes a veteran exposed to a toxic substance or an environmental hazard during the Persian Gulf War eligible for hospital and nursing home care for any disability for which a need for treatment is determined by the Secretary before October 1, 1994, notwithstanding whether it is medically evident that such disability is associated with such exposure. Extends the provision of such care through FY 1996. Makes such veterans eligible through such period for outpatient care for any disability for which a need for treatment is determined before October 1, 1994.
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