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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2953" measure-id="id113hr2953" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-08-01" update-date="2013-11-05">
<title>Medicare VA Reimbursement Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-08-01</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Medicare VA Reimbursement Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in cooperation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), to establish a Medicare VA reimbursement program under which the HHS Secretary shall reimburse the VA Secretary, from the Medicare trust funds, for any item or service: (1) furnished to a Medicare-eligible veteran by a VA medical facility for the treatment of a non-service-connected condition, and (2) covered by Medicare or determined to be medically necessary by the VA Secretary.</p> <p>Requires the HHS Secretary to enter a memorandum of understanding with the VA Secretary concerning administration of the program. Specifies required conditions in the memorandum.</p> <p>Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the program every three years.</p> <p>Declares the sense of Congress that the amount of funds appropriated to the VA for medical care in any fiscal year should not be reduced as a result of the implementation of the Medicare VA reimbursement program.</p>]]></summary-text>
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