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38 U.S.C. § 111A — Transportation of individuals to and from Department facilities

submitted 13 years ago by Pub. L. 112-260 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 319 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lets the VA Secretary directly transport people to and from VA facilities for care, but that authority expires September 30, 2026. It also directs the Secretary to build a volunteer-driver program with veterans' organizations, including a national medical-screening protocol for volunteer drivers.

(a) Transportation by Secretary: (1) the Secretary may transport people to or from a VA facility for vocational rehabilitation, counseling required under chapter 34 or 35, or for examination, treatment, or care; (2) this authority expires on September 30, 2026. (b) Transportation by Third-parties: (1) working with the Secretary of Transportation and veterans' service organizations, the Secretary must take steps to build a program where those organizations, or individual volunteers, take responsibility — without VA reimbursement — for driving veterans (mainly those living near a facility) to VA facilities for services or benefits under chapter 17 or other parts of this title. (2)(A) within 90 days after the 2020 Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act became law, the Secretary had to create a national protocol for medically screening volunteer drivers for this program; (B) in writing that protocol, the Secretary must consult people with an interest in the program; (C)(i) the Secretary must first test the protocol through a one-year pilot program; (ii) after the pilot, the Secretary must evaluate it and make appropriate changes; (iii) after making changes, the Secretary must roll out the protocol in phases over the course of a year.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)Transportation by Secretary.—
(1)

The Secretary may transport any person to or from a Department facility or other place in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling required by the Secretary pursuant to chapter 34 or 35 of this title, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care.

(2)

The authority granted by paragraph (1) shall expire on September 30, 2026.

(b)Transportation by Third-parties.—
(1)

The Secretary, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and appropriate representatives of veterans’ service organizations, shall take all appropriate steps to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of a program under which such organizations, or individuals who are volunteering their services to the Department, would take responsibility for the transportation, without reimbursement from the Department, to Department facilities of veterans (primarily those residing in areas which are geographically accessible to such facilities) who seek services or benefits from the Department under chapter 17 or other provisions of this title.

(2)
(A)

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, the Secretary shall develop and establish a national protocol for the administration of medical examinations for volunteer drivers to participate in the program described in paragraph (1).

(B)

In developing the protocol required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consult with such persons as the Secretary determines have an interest in the program described in paragraph (1).

(C)
(i)

The Secretary shall implement the protocol by first conducting a one-year pilot program using the protocol.

(ii)

After conducting the pilot program required by clause (i), the Secretary shall assess the pilot program and make such changes to the protocol as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(iii)

After making changes to the protocol under clause (ii), the Secretary shall implement the protocol in phases during the course of one year.

Source credit: (Added and amended Pub. L. 112–260, title II, § 202(a), (b), Jan. 10, 2013, 126 Stat. 2423, 2424; Pub. L. 113–59, § 6, Dec. 20, 2013, 127 Stat. 662; Pub. L. 113–175, title IV, § 401, Sept. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 1905; Pub. L. 114–58, title IV, § 401, Sept. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 114–228, title IV, § 401, Sept. 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 939; Pub. L. 115–62, title IV, § 401, Sept. 29, 2017, 131 Stat. 1164; Pub. L. 115–251, title I, § 161, Sept. 29, 2018, 132 Stat. 3171; Pub. L. 116–159, div. E, title II, § 5204, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 750; Pub. L. 116–315, title VII, § 7001, Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 5054; Pub. L. 117–180, div. E, title II, § 201, Sept. 30, 2022, 136 Stat. 2137; Pub. L. 118–83, div. B, title III, § 331, Sept. 26, 2024, 138 Stat. 1541; Pub. L. 119–37, div. G, title IV, § 7403, Nov. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 654.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 2013Enacted · Pub. L. 112-260 · 126 Stat. 2423, 2424
  • 2013Amended · Pub. L. 113-59 · 127 Stat. 662
  • 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-175 · 128 Stat. 1905
  • 2015Amended · Pub. L. 114-58 · 129 Stat. 534
  • 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-228 · 130 Stat. 939
  • 2017Amended · Pub. L. 115-62 · 131 Stat. 1164
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-251 · 132 Stat. 3171
  • 2020Amended · Pub. L. 116-159 · 134 Stat. 750
  • 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-315 · 134 Stat. 5054
  • 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-180 · 136 Stat. 2137
  • 2024Amended · Pub. L. 118-83 · 138 Stat. 1541
  • 2025Amended · Pub. L. 119-37 · 139 Stat. 654

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 112-260 on 2013-01-10.

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