H.R. 1741 · 109th Congress
Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2005
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Tom Osborne
- Introduced
- 2005-04-20
- Latest action
- 2005-04-25 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a FY 2006 through 2008 pilot program to improve health care access for rural veterans.
States that: (1) the program shall be conducted in three geographic service regions (Veterans Integrated Service Networks) of the Veterans Health Administration; and (2) medical services shall be provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) providers for acute or chronic symptom management, non-therapeutic medical services, and other medical services as determined by the director of the appropriate geographic service region.
Obligates program funds.