S. 3280 — Measuring Availability of Providers (MAP) for Veterans Act

This section directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a full-service Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire and to publish the results on a publicly available departmental website not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.

This section modifies the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP)—which allows eligible veterans to receive hospital care and medical services from community providers when the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) cannot meet specified access standards—to specify that the relevant state status for continued access to care in states establishing a full-service VA medical facility is determined as of the date of enactment of the Measuring Availability of Providers (MAP) for Veterans Act. (Thus, establishment of such a facility after that date does not terminate veterans' continued access rights under the program.)