[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2266. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2372, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 75, after line 25, insert the following:

     SEC. 115. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AS SECONDARY PAYER 
                   FOR HEALTH CARE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 17 is amended by 
     inserting after section 1703D, as added by section 111 of 
     this Act, the following new section:

     ``Sec. 1703F. Department as secondary payer for certain non-
       Department care

       ``If a veteran is covered under a health-plan contract (as 
     defined in section 1729(i) of this title) and receives 
     hospital care or medical services for a non-service-connected 
     disability at a non-Department facility or from a non-
     Department provider, such health-plan contract shall be 
     primarily responsible for paying for such care or services, 
     to the extent such care or services are covered by such 
     health-plan contract, and the Secretary shall be secondarily 
     responsible for paying for such care or services.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of section for such 
     chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 1703D the following new item:

``1703F. Department as secondary payer for certain non-Department 
              care.''.

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