,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ad1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,boustany introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs to allow certain     
veterans to participate in the          
,patient-,centered ,community ,care     
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,local ,care for    
,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,participation in  
,patient-,centered ,community ,care     
program  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary
 of ,veterans ,affairs shall ensure that
 a veteran described in subsection 7b7  
may elect to receive health care        
treatment and services under the        
,patient-,centered ,community ,care     
program4  7b7 ,veteran described ,a     
veteran described in this subsection is 
a veteran whom the ,secretary determines
 meets the following criteria3  7#a7    
,the veteran is enrolled in the health  

care system established under section   
#agje7;a7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states 
,code4  7#b7 ,the veteran resides not   
more than #ej miles from the nearest    
facility of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs that--  7,a7 the ,secretary   
has identified--  7i7 in a prospectus   
level lease request1 regardless of the  
date of such request1 as being deficient
 with respect to providing certain      
treatment or services2 or  7ii7 as      
needing expansion2 and  7,b7 the        
,secretary determines that such a       
deficiency has not been resolved or such
 an expansion has not occurred1         
including pursuant to leases entered    
into under an ,act authorizing major    
medical facility leases4  7c7 ,health   
care treatment and services ,the health 
care treatment and services a veteran   
may receive under this section shall    
be--  7#a7 the treatment and services   
identified as being deficient if the    
veteran lives not more than #ej miles   
from a facility described in clause 7i7 

of subsection 7b77#b77;,a72 and  7#b7   
the treatment and services the veteran  
is eligible for under chapter #ag of    
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 if the
 veteran lives not more than #ej miles  
from a facility described in clause 7ii7
 of such subsection4