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HR 1863 114th Congress House

Local Care for Veterans Act

Official title: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand the Veterans Choice Program to veterans who would otherwise receive medical care… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand the Veterans Choice Program to veterans who would otherwise receive medical care from a deficient medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: April 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Health care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsVeterans' medical care
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It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
May 1, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 16, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 1, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Local Care for Veterans Act

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that a veteran may elect to receive health care treatment and services in a qualifying non-VA facility if: (1) the veteran is enrolled in the VA health care system and resides not more than 50 miles from the nearest VA facility that the Secretary has identified in a prospectus level lease request as being deficient with respect to providing certain treatment or services or as needing expansion; and (2) the Secretary determines that such deficiency has not been resolved or such expansion has not occurred.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1863: Local Care for Veterans Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1863/
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"H.R. 1863: Local Care for Veterans Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1863/.
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H.R. 1863, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1863/.
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[H.R. 1863: Local Care for Veterans Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1863/)
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