S 457 IS- March 5, 2001
As retrieved on Mar 5, 2008
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a
presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with
Hepatitis C, and for other purposes. (Introduced in Senate)
S 457 IS
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 457
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a
presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with
Hepatitis C , and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 5, 2001
Ms. SNOWE introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a
presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with
Hepatitis C , and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE-CONNECTION FOR CERTAIN
VETERANS WITH HEPATITIS C .
(a) PRESUMPTION- Section 1112 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(d)(1) For the purposes of section 1110 of this title, and
subject to the provisions of section 1113 of this title, the
disease Hepatitis C becoming manifest to a degree of 10
percent or more in any veteran described in paragraph (2)
after active military, naval, or air service covered by that
paragraph shall be considered to have been incurred in or
aggravated by such service, notwithstanding that there is no
record of evidence of that disease during such service.
`(2) Paragraph (1) applies in the case of the following:
`(A) Veterans who received during a period of service before
December 31, 1992, a transfusion of blood or blood products.
`(B) Veterans who were exposed to blood on or through the
skin or a mucous membrane during a period of service.
`(C ) Veterans who underwent hemodyalisis during a period of
service.
`(D) Veterans who experienced a needle-stick accident or
medical event involving a needle, not due to the veteran's
own willful misconduct, during a period of service.
`(E) Veterans diagnosed with unexplained liver disease
during a period of service.
`(F) Veterans who experienced an unexplained liver
dysfunction value or test during a period of service.
`(G) Veterans who served in a health-care position or
specialty during a period of service under such
circumstances as the Secretary shall prescribe for purposes
of this subsection.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
No benefit may be paid or provided by reason of that
amendment for any period before such date.
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