1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to veterans; reimbursing local medical providers for providing treatment 
1.3 	to a veteran eligible for federally funded health care for routine health care 
1.4 	procedures under certain circumstances; providing additional duties for the 
1.5 	commissioner of veterans affairs; appropriating money;proposing coding for 
1.6 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [197.70] LOCAL MEDICAL CARE FOR VETERANS.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, "veteran" means a 
1.10 	person who is eligible for federally funded medical treatment because of that person's 
1.11 	service in the armed forces of the United States.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Reimbursement. (a) The commissioner shall reimburse a medical 
1.13 	provider for routine medical procedures and tests provided to a veteran if the veteran:
1.14 	(1) is authorized to receive the procedures and tests at a federally funded facility; and
1.15 	(2) the veteran's residence is located more than 50 miles from the location where the 
1.16 	federally funded medical care will be provided.
1.17 	(b) The medical provider shall be reimbursed at the rates authorized under federal 
1.18 	law.

1.19 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.20 	$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2011 from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.21 	of veterans affairs for the reimbursement required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.22 	197.70.