3.0.0 202 2023-03-08T20:26:15Z 2023-03-08T20:26:15Z Senate S 2021-02-03 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-03T20:25:23Z Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act 117 584 HR 2021-03-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-02-03 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-02-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health facilities and institutions Infectious and parasitic diseases Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-02-03 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-01T15:11:55Z Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system with emergency treatment at non-VA facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The VA may not require such veterans to seek authorization for such emergency treatment during this time. The bill also sets forth the payment rates and procedures for such emergency treatment.

]]> Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act Display Title Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that veterans receive timely and effective emergency treatment during the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s202is/xml/BILLS-117s202is.xml 2021-02-03 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.