To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the capability of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the medical care needs of veterans in southern New Jersey.
Southern New Jersey Veterans Comprehensive Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine, and notify Congress, whether the needs of veterans in southern New Jersey (the counties of Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, and Cape May) for full-service medical care shall be met through a project for: (1) a public-private venture to provide inpatient and outpatient services and long-term care to veterans at an existing facility in southern New Jersey; or (2) construction of a new full-service, 100-bed Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in southern New Jersey.
Directs the Secretary: (1) if the public-private venture option is chosen, to enter into an appropriate agreement for the provision of such care and services; or (2) if the new construction option is chosen, to carry out an appropriate major medical facility construction project for such purpose.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1340-1341)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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