S 4149
116th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Veterans' medical care
Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2020
Introduced: July 1, 2020
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 1, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 1, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse a veteran for a co-payment owed for emergency treatment furnished at a non-VA facility if such veteran is enrolled in VA health care and is personally liable for such emergency treatment. Such reimbursements shall apply for emergency treatment furnished on or after February 1, 2010.
This bill shall not limit the rights of those certified as a class in the case of Wolfe v. Wilkie (i.e., all claimants whose claims for reimbursement of emergency medical expenses incurred at non-VA facilities).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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