,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #h1        
#bjai,mr4 ,sablan 7for himself and ,mrs4
 ,radewagen7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to expand health care    
coverage provided by the ,department of 
,veterans ,affairs during the transition
 of members of the ,armed ,forces from  
service in the ,armed ,forces to        
civilian life1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,expansion of health care coverage  
for veterans  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#agaj7;a77#a7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking and at   
the end2  7#b7 by redesignating         
subparagraph 7,b7 as subparagraph 7,c72 
and  7#c7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,a7 the following new     
subparagraph 7,b73  7,b7 to any veteran 
during the one-year period following the

 discharge or release of the veteran    
from active military1 naval1 or air     
service1 or from active status 7as      
defined in section #aja of title #aj72  
and  4  7b7 ,patient enrollment system  
,section #agje7;c7 of such title is     
amended by adding at the end the        
following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,nothing 
in this section shall be construed to   
prevent the ,secretary from providing   
hospital care and medical services to a 
veteran under section #agaj7;a77#a77;,b7
 of this title during the period        
specified in such section               
notwithstanding the failure of the      
veteran to enroll in the system of      
patient enrollment established by the   
,secretary under subsection 7a74  4  7c7
 ,promotion of expanded eligibility     
7#a7 ,transition ,assistance ,program   
7,a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of     
,labor1 in consultation with the        
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1 shall 
promote to members of the ,armed ,forces

 transitioning from service in the      
,armed ,forces to civilian life through 
the ,transition ,assistance ,program the
 expanded eligibility of veterans for   
health care under the laws administered 
by the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs 
pursuant to the amendments made by this 
section4  7,b7 ,transition ,assistance  
,program defined ,in this paragraph1 the
 term ,transition ,assistance ,program  
means the ,transition ,assistance       
,program under sections #aadb and #aadd 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4    
7#b7 ,publication by ,department of     
,veterans ,affairs ,not later than #cj  
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs shall publish on a website of  
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
notification of the expanded eligibility
 of veterans for health care under the  
laws administered by the ,secretary     
pursuant to the amendments made by this 
section4