,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,barber 7for himself and ,mr4 ,heck of 
,nevada7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to direct the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs to consider the best interest  
of the veteran when determining whether 
the veteran should receive certain      
contracted health care4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,veterans ,health ,access ,act4  #b4    
,determination of contract care         
authority for health care needs of      
veterans ,section #agjc of title #ch1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by striking     
,when ,department facilities and        
everything that follows through         
required1 and inserting ,in any case    
described in subsection 7e77#a712 and   
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 

new subsection3  7e7 ,eligibility  7#a7 
,a case described in this paragraph is  
any case--  7,a7 when ,department       
facilities are not capable of           
furnishing--  7i7 economical hospital   
care or medical services because of     
geographical inaccessibility2 or  7ii7  
the care or services required2 or  7,b7 
in which a physician of the ,department 
determines that it is in the best       
interest of a veteran to receive        
hospital or medical services furnished  
in a non-,department facility in        
accordance with subsection 7a74  7#b7   
,the ,secretary shall determine whether 
or not to furnish to a veteran care or  
services in a non-,department facility  
pursuant to this section by the date    
that is #cj days after the date on which
 the veteran requests such care or      
services4  4