# Expanded Access to Non-VA Care Through the Veterans Choice Program
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Interim final rule. · Published 2014-11-05 · Effective 2014-11-05 · 79 FR 65571
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-26316
- **Category:** va-healthcare
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 65571
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2014-11-05
- **Effective date:** 2014-11-05
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its medical regulations concerning its authority for eligible veterans to receive care from non-VA entities and providers. The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 directs VA to establish a program to furnish hospital care and medical services through non-VA health care providers to veterans who either cannot be seen within the wait-time goals of the Veterans Health Administration or who qualify based on their place of residence (hereafter referred to as the Veterans Choice Program, or the "Program"). The law also requires VA to publish an interim final rule establishing this program. This interim final rule defines the parameters of the Veterans Choice Program, and clarifies aspects affecting veterans and the non-VA providers who will furnish hospital care and medical services through the Veterans Choice Program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/11/05/2014-26316/expanded-access-to-non-va-care-through-the-veterans-choice-program)
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