[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4245 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4245

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to reimburse eligible veterans who are entitled to 
Medicare benefits for Medicare deductibles and other expenses that are 
 owed by the veterans for emergency medical treatment provided in non-
               Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2012

 Mr. DeFazio 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 require the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to reimburse eligible veterans who are entitled to 
Medicare benefits for Medicare deductibles and other expenses that are 
 owed by the veterans for emergency medical treatment provided in non-
               Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.

    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 Co-Pay Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF MEDICARE 
              DEDUCTIBLES AND OTHER EXPENSES OWED BY ELIGIBLE VETERANS 
              FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT PROVIDED IN NON-
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1725(c)(4)(D) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(i) 
        Except as provided in clause (ii), the Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``(ii) In the case of a veteran who is entitled to benefits under 
part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act or enrolled under part 
B of such title, the Secretary shall reimburse such veteran under this 
section, with respect to items and services furnished to such veteran 
as part of emergency treatment, for--
            ``(I) the amount by which--
                    ``(aa) the amount otherwise payable under such part 
                A for such items and services, is reduced by
                    ``(bb) the deductible under section 1813 of such 
                Act or by any copayment or coinsurance applied under 
                such part with respect to such items and services; and
            ``(II) the amount by which--
                    ``(aa) the total amount of expenses incurred by the 
                veteran during the year involved which would constitute 
                expenses for which benefits payable under section 
                1833(a) of such Act are determinable, is reduced by
                    ``(bb) the deductible under section 1833(b) of such 
                Act or by any copayment or coinsurance applied under 
                part B of such title with respect to such items and 
                services.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to emergency medical treatment furnished on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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