[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1452 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1452

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for 
 reimbursement for emergency medical treatment and to require that the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs be treated as a participating provider 
 for the recovery of the costs of certain medical care, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2015

  Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for 
 reimbursement for emergency medical treatment and to require that the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs be treated as a participating provider 
 for the recovery of the costs of certain medical care, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 Emergency Health Care 
Safety Net Expansion Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT REIMBURSEMENT FOR 
              CERTAIN VETERANS.

    Section 1725(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``an active Department 
        health-care participant'' and inserting ``enrolled in the 
        health care system established under section 1705(a) of this 
        title'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AS PARTICIPATING 
              PROVIDER FOR RECOVERY OF COSTS OF CERTAIN MEDICAL CARE.

    Section 1729(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``(f) No law'' and inserting the following:
    ``(f)(1) In the case of a veteran who is entitled to care (or 
payment of the expenses of care) under a health-plan contract, for 
purposes of reimbursement for providing care or services under this 
chapter to that veteran for a non-service-connected disability 
described in subparagraph (D) or (E) of subsection (a)(2), the 
Department shall be treated as a participating provider under that 
health-plan contract.
    ``(2) No law''.
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