3.0.0 2649 2023-01-11T13:31:46Z 2023-01-11T13:31:46Z Senate S 2016-03-08 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-03-08T15:29:16Z 2016-03-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-03-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2016-04-07 False D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2016-12-06 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Hospital care Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-03-08 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-07T22:11:26Z Veterans Choice Equal Cost for Care Act of 2016

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to permit the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recover or collect reasonable charges for hospital care or medical services from a health-care plan when an eligible veteran is furnished such care or services for a non-service-connected disability.

The VA shall have the primary (and sole) responsibility to pay any related health insurance cost sharing amount.

An eligible veteran shall not pay a greater amount for receiving hospital care or medical services than the amount the veteran would pay for receiving the same or comparable care or services at a VA medical facility or from a VA health care provider. (The bill repeals the VA's secondary responsibility to pay the costs of care in such circumstances.)

]]> Veterans Choice Equal Cost for Care Act of 2016 Display Title Veterans Choice Equal Cost for Care Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to modify the treatment of the costs of health care furnished under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to veterans covered by health-plan contracts. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Choice Equal Cost for Care Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2649is/xml/BILLS-114s2649is.xml 2016-03-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.