,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #i1  
#bjbe,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,moran1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 and ,mr4         
,boozman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to expand the telescreening 
mammography pilot program of the        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,mammography ,access for ,veterans ,act 
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,expansion of            
telescreening mammography pilot program 
of ,department of ,veterans ,affairs    
7a7 ,in general ,section #ajb of the    
,making ,advances in ,mammography and   
,medical ,options for ,veterans ,act    
7,public ,law #aag-ace2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4   
#gcbb note7 is amended-- 7#a7 in the    
section heading1 by striking pilot2     
7#b7 by striking pilot each place it    
appears2  7#c7 by striking subsection   

7b72  7#d7 by redesignating subsections 
7c7 through 7e7 as subsections 7b7      
through 7d71 respectively2 and  7#e7 in 
subsection 7d71 as redesignated by      
paragraph 7#d71 by striking one year    
after the conclusion of the program     
under subsection 7a7 and inserting ,may 
#a1 #bjbg4  7b7 ,expansion of locations 
,not later than two years after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
ensure the ,department offers at least  
one of the following programs in each   
,state and ,puerto ,rico3 7#a7 ,the     
program under section #ajb of the       
,making ,advances in ,mammography and   
,medical ,options for ,veterans ,act    
7,public ,law #aag-ace2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4   
#gcbb note71 as amended by subsection   
7a74  7#b7 ,a full-service mammography  
program within a facility of the        
,department4  7#c7 ,a mobile mammography
 program of the ,department4  7c7       
,accessibility ,the ,secretary shall    
ensure that each of the programs under  

subsection 7b7 are accessible for       
veterans with paralysis1 a spinal cord  
injury or disorder1 or another          
disability1 consistent with applicable  
accessibility requirements4  7d7 ,rule  
of construction ,nothing in this section
 or the amendments made by this section 
shall prevent the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs from expanding       
telescreening mammography services to   
facilities of the ,department that are  
not-- 7#a7 the facilities participating 
in the pilot program under section #ajb 
of the ,making ,advances in ,mammography
 and ,medical ,options for ,veterans    
,act 7,public ,law #aag-ace2 #ch        
,u4,s4,c4 #gcbb note7 as of the day     
before the date of the enactment of this
 ,act2 or  7#b7 located in ,states where
 the ,department does not offer breast  
imaging services at a facility of the   
,department4