[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1658 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1658

To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the recovery by the 
   United States of charges from a third party for hospital care or 
    medical services furnished to a veteran for a service-connected 
                              disability.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2009

  Mr. Tiahrt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the recovery by the 
   United States of charges from a third party for hospital care or 
    medical services furnished to a veteran for a service-connected 
                              disability.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RECOVERY BY THE UNITED STATES OF CHARGES FROM A 
              THIRD PARTY FOR TREATMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICE-CONNECTED 
              DISABILITIES.

    Section 1729 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (k); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
        subsection (i):
    ``(i) Nothing in this section authorizes the United States to 
recover or collect any charges from any third party for care or 
services furnished to a veteran under this chapter for a service-
connected disability.''.
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