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HR 6516 114th Congress House

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a minimum period of care…

Official title: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affair… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a minimum period of care or services under such program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 8, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Dec 8, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 8, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 8, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 8, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) cover a veteran who is unable to schedule an appointment with his or her primary care physician at the same VA medical facility at which the veteran had the most recent appointment with the physician because the physician is no longer employed at such facility, and (2) establish a minimum one-year period of care or services under such program.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6516: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a minimum period of care or services under such program, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6516/
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"H.R. 6516: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a minimum period of care or services under such program, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6516/.
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H.R. 6516, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6516/.
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[H.R. 6516: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a minimum period of care or services under such program, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6516/)
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