Gerald’s Law Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Gerald's Law Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a burial and funeral allowance for a veteran who dies in a home or other setting at which the veteran was receiving VA hospice care (if such care was directly preceded by VA hospital or nursing home care).
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- NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
- COMPASSION AND CHOICES
- I STREET ADVOCATES
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Education, Dept of
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7199: Gerald’s Law Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7199/
"H.R. 7199: Gerald’s Law Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7199/.
H.R. 7199, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7199/.
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