Official Summary

3/10/2009--Introduced.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, At

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Official Summary

3/10/2009--Introduced.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) 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, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center to provide inpatient and outpatient services and long-term care to veterans in southern New Jersey. Directs the Secretary:
(1) if the existing facility 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.

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