[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1330 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1330

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a burial and funeral 
  allowance for certain veterans who die at home or in other settings 
    while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2023

Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Peters) 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 provide a burial and funeral 
  allowance for certain veterans who die at home or in other settings 
    while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of 
               Veterans Affairs, 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 ``Gerald's Law Act''.

SEC. 2. BURIAL AND FUNERAL ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WHO DIE AT 
              HOME OR IN OTHER SETTINGS WHILE IN RECEIPT OF HOSPICE 
              CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2303(a)(2)(A) of title 38, United States 
Code is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in clause (ii)(III), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                    ``(iii) a home or other setting at which the 
                deceased veteran was, at the time of death, receiving 
                hospice care pursuant to section 1717(a) of this title 
                if such care was directly preceded by the Secretary 
                furnishing to the veteran hospital care or nursing home 
                care as described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of 
                clause (ii).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Johnny Isakson and 
David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 
2020 (Public Law 116-315; 134 Stat. 4932).
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