New Mexico Rural Veteran Health Care Access Act

This bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to redraw Veterans Integrated Service Network boundaries to include Otero and Eddy Counties in New Mexico within Veterans Integrated Service Network 17, effective within 180 days of enactment. It directly affects veterans living in these two rural counties by placing them under Network 17’s healthcare service structure. The key mechanism is an administrative boundary adjustment to expand the network’s geographic coverage, without creating new benefits or funding. This procedural change ensures these counties are formally integrated into an existing VA healthcare service network.