; or (B) improve the quality of patient care without increasing spending; and (2) the Secretary determines that such expansion would not deny or limit the coverage or provision of benefits for applicable individuals. . (b) Conforming amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter, as amended by section 122, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1703E the following new item: 1703F. Center for Innovation for Care and Payment. . V Other health care matters 501. Authorization of appropriations for health care from Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes set forth in subsection (b). (b) Use of amounts The purposes set forth in this subsection are as follows: (1) To increase the access of veterans to care as follows: (A) To hire primary care and specialty care physicians for employment in the Department of Veterans Affairs. (B) To hire other medical staff, including the following: (i) Physicians. (ii) Nurses. (iii) Social workers. (iv) Mental health professionals. (v) Physician assistants. (vi) Other health care professionals as the Secretary considers appropriate. (C) To carry out the following: (i) Section 7412 of title 38, United States Code. (ii) Section 7302(e) of such title. (iii) Subchapters II and VII of chapter 76 of such title. (iv) Section 301(b)(2) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146