A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an additional basis for establishing the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care, and for other purposes.

Includes as a basis for establishing the inability of a veteran to defray the expenses of necessary medical care the criterion that such veteran (or any part of such veteran's family) is eligible for treatment as a low-income family for the area in which the veteran resides under provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937.