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Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-110

§111A Transportation of Individuals to and From Department Facilities

Title 38 › PART I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 — GENERAL › § 111A

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may give rides to or from Department facilities for people getting vocational rehab, for counseling under chapters 34 or 35, or for medical exams, treatment, or care. That authority ends on December 11, 2026. The Secretary must work with the Secretary of Transportation and veterans’ groups to help set up a volunteer transportation program. Under that program, organizations or unpaid volunteers would drive veterans (mainly those living near VA facilities) to get services or benefits under chapter 17 or other parts of the law. Within 90 days after the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 became law, the Secretary must create a national medical-exam protocol for volunteer drivers. The protocol must be developed with public input, tested in a one-year pilot, reviewed and revised, then rolled out in phases over one year.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §111A

Veterans' Benefits, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Transportation by Secretary.—
(1)The Secretary may transport any person to or from a Department facility or other place in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling required by the Secretary pursuant to chapter 34 or 35 of this title, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care.
(2)The authority granted by paragraph (1) shall expire on December 11, 2026.
(b)Transportation by Third-parties.—
(1)The Secretary, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and appropriate representatives of veterans’ service organizations, shall take all appropriate steps to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of a program under which such organizations, or individuals who are volunteering their services to the Department, would take responsibility for the transportation, without reimbursement from the Department, to Department facilities of veterans (primarily those residing in areas which are geographically accessible to such facilities) who seek services or benefits from the Department under chapter 17 or other provisions of this title.
(2)(A)Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, the Secretary shall develop and establish a national protocol for the administration of medical examinations for volunteer drivers to participate in the program described in paragraph (1).
(B)In developing the protocol required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consult with such persons as the Secretary determines have an interest in the program described in paragraph (1).
(C)(i)The Secretary shall implement the protocol by first conducting a one-year pilot program using the protocol.
(ii)After conducting the pilot program required by clause (i), the Secretary shall assess the pilot program and make such changes to the protocol as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(iii)After making changes to the protocol under clause (ii), the Secretary shall implement the protocol in phases during the course of one year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(A), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 116–315, which was approved Jan. 5, 2021.

Amendments

2026—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 119–103 substituted “
December 11, 2026” for “
September 30, 2026”. 2025—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 119–37 substituted “
September 30, 2026” for “
September 30, 2025”. 2024—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 118–83 substituted “
September 30, 2025” for “
September 30, 2024”. 2022—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117–180 substituted “
September 30, 2024” for “
September 30, 2022”. 2021—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–315 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). 2020—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 116–159 substituted “
September 30, 2022” for “
September 30, 2020”. 2018—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–251 substituted “
September 30, 2020” for “
September 30, 2019”. 2017—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–62 substituted “
September 30, 2019” for “
December 31, 2017”. 2016—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 114–228 substituted “
December 31, 2017” for “
December 31, 2016”. 2015—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 114–58 substituted “
December 31, 2016” for “
December 31, 2015”. 2014—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 113–175 substituted “
December 31, 2015” for “
December 31, 2014”. 2013—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 113–59 substituted “
December 31, 2014” for “the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this section”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–260, § 202(b), transferred subsec. (h) of section 111 of this title to this section, redesignated it as subsec. (b), and inserted heading.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2025 Amendment Pub. L. 119–37, div. G, title IV, § 7406, Nov. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 654, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this division [amending this section, section 312, 315, 503, 1710, 1710A, 2021A, 2031, 2033, 2044, 2061, 2102A, 2108, 3699, 3720, 3733, 3737, and 8118 of this title and provisions set out as notes under section 1712A, 1720F, and 5101 of this title], except for the

Amendments

made by section 7307 [amending section 3720 and 3737 of this title], shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2025.”

Reference

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 111A

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110