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HR 8541 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Cardiovascular and respiratory health Disability and paralysis Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Infectious and parasitic diseases Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care

To help ensure that COVID-19 does not prevent disabled veterans from using the medical treatment leave to which such veterans are entitled, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 6, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Oct 6, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill allows certain veterans who are federal employees to retain disabled veteran leave for a longer period of time, and restores leave that was forfeited due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Currently, veterans may use specific medical leave for purposes of receiving treatment for service-connected disabilities during the first 12 months of federal employment; unused leave must be forfeited after this period.

The bill allows veterans whose first day of federal employment is between March 1, 2019, and June 1, 2021, to use such medical leave during the first 24 months of their employment. The bill also restores forfeited leave to these veterans if treatment was unavailable at a Veterans Affairs medical provider due to COVID-19; restored leave must be used within 12 months of initial forfeiture.

What's happening now October 6, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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Wexton, Jennifer
· Oct 20, 2020
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Oct 6, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8541: To help ensure that COVID-19 does not prevent disabled veterans from using the medical treatment leave to which such veterans are entitled, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8541/
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"H.R. 8541: To help ensure that COVID-19 does not prevent disabled veterans from using the medical treatment leave to which such veterans are entitled, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8541/.
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H.R. 8541, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8541/.
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[H.R. 8541: To help ensure that COVID-19 does not prevent disabled veterans from using the medical treatment leave to which such veterans are entitled, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8541/)
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