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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5500" measure-id="id115hr5500" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2018-04-12" update-date="2019-09-06">
<title>Veterans' Credit Protection Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr5500v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-09-06">
<action-date>2018-04-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Veterans' Credit Protection Act</strong></p> <p> This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct outreach to inform veterans of how to resolve credit issues caused by a delayed payment of a claim for emergency hospital care, medical services, or other emergency health care furnished through a non-VA provider. </p> <p> The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study that evaluates the effectiveness of the Office of Community Care in providing timely payment of a proper invoice for such care by the required payment date.</p>]]></summary-text>
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