Congress 109 - S 2736 - A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish centers to provide enhanced services to veterans with amputations and prosthetic devices, and for other purposes.

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Afghanistan Armed forces abroad Armed Forces and National Security Disabled Health Iraq Iraq compilation Medical laboratories Middle East and North Africa Military operations Physical therapy Prosthesis South Asia Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Veterans' rehabilitation War casualties

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Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish not less than five centers to provide rehabilitation services to veterans with amputations or prosthetic devices; and (2) ensure that the centers' services do not duplicate the services provided by polytrauma centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Requires each center to be designated as an Amputation and Prosthetic Rehabilitation Center.

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May 11, 2006

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
May 4, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4058)
May 4, 2006

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4057-4058)
May 4, 2006

Introduced in Senate

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