PROVISION OF SERVICE DOGS AND VETERINARY INSURANCE BENEFITS TO VETERANS WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WHO DO NOT HAVE CERTAIN IMPAIRMENTS.

SEC. 3. PROVISION OF SERVICE DOGS AND VETERINARY INSURANCE BENEFITS TO VETERANS WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WHO DO NOT HAVE CERTAIN IMPAIRMENTS. (a) In General.—Section 1714 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(e) The Secretary may provide a service dog to a veteran under subsection (c)(3) regardless of whether the veteran has a mobility impairment. “(f)(1) The Secretary shall provide to any veteran described in paragraph (2) a commercially available veterinary insurance policy for each dog provided to such veteran under subsection (b) or (c). “(2) A veteran described in this paragraph is a veteran who— “(A) is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or a visual, hearing, or substantial mobility impairment; “(B) has received a dog under subsection (b) or (c) in connection with such disorder or impairment; and “(C) meets such other requirements as the Secretary may prescribe.” . (b) [38 U.S.C. 1714 note] Applicability.—Section 1714(f) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to a veteran provided a dog by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.