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HR 5149 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Emergency medical services and trauma care Veterans' medical care

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the circumstances under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide reimbursement for emergency ambulance services.

Introduced: April 29, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 29, 2016
Introduced in House
Apr 29, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat ambulance services as reimbursable emergency services if:

  • the ambulance request was made because of the sudden onset of a medical condition of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that a delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to the individual or could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in placing the individual in serious jeopardy, and
  • the individual is transported to the closest and most appropriate medical facility capable of treating such emergency medical condition.
What's happening now May 26, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 26, 2016
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · May 25, 2016
Abraham, Ralph
· Apr 29, 2016
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Apr 29, 2016
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Apr 29, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5149: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the circumstances under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide reimbursement for emergency ambulance services.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5149/
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"H.R. 5149: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the circumstances under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide reimbursement for emergency ambulance services.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5149/.
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H.R. 5149, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5149/.
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[H.R. 5149: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the circumstances under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide reimbursement for emergency ambulance services.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5149/)
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