#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #aacc  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the    
,veterans ,access1 ,choice1 and         
,accountability ,act of #bjad to        
authorize the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs to provide for an operation on 
a live donor for purposes of conducting 
a transplant procedure for a veteran1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,veterans ,transplant ,coverage ,act of 
#bjag4  #b4 ,authorization to provide   
for operations on live donors for       
purposes of conducting transplant       
procedures for veterans ,section #aja of
 the ,veterans ,access1 ,choice1 and    
,accountability ,act of #bjad 7,public  
,law #aac-adf2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note7
 is amended by adding after subsection  
7t7 the following new subsection3  7u7  
,transplant procedures with live donors 
and related services  7#a7 ,in general  
,subject to paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c71 in
 a case in which a veteran is eligible  
for a transplant procedure from the     

,department1 the ,secretary may provide 
for an operation on a live donor to     
carry out such procedure for such       
veteran1 notwithstanding that the live  
donor may not be eligible for health    
care from the ,department4  7#b7 ,other 
services ,subject to the availability of
 appropriations for such purpose1 the   
,secretary shall furnish to a live donor
 any care or services before and after  
conducting the transplant procedure     
under paragraph 7#a7 that may be        
required in connection with such        
procedure4  7#c7 ,use of non-,department
 facilities ,in carrying out this       
subsection1 the ,secretary may provide  
for the operation described in paragraph
 7#a7 on a live donor and furnish to the
 live donor the care and services       
described in paragraph 7#b7 at a        
non-,department facility pursuant to an 
agreement entered into by the ,secretary
 under this section4 ,the live donor    
shall be deemed to be an individual     
eligible for hospital care and medical  

services at a non-,department facility  
pursuant to such an agreement solely for
 the purposes of receiving such         
operation1 care1 and services at the    
non-,department facility4  4  ,passed   
the ,house of ,representatives ,november
 #g1 #bjag4;,clerk4