US Congress House Bill 2703 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 29 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-09-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires that members of the uniformed services eligible for medical care in uniformed services facilities also be entitled to refractive eye surgery (corrective eye surgery including laser and photorefractive surgery), as medically appropriate. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that a member of a uniformed service entitled to such surgery who is not located near a military medical treatment facility that provides reasonable access to refractive eye surgery may receive such surgery at a private facility located near the member.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the uniformed services are entitled to refractive eye surgery.

Rep. John Larson [D-CT]

Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-07-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2703/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2703/BILLS-112hr2703ih.pdf