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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3350 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reimburse veterans for the cost 

of emergency medical transportation to a Federal facility, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2019 

Mrs. HARTZLER (for herself, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. BACON, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. 

KILMER, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. COLE, Mr. MAST, Mr. STEUBE, Mrs. RODGERS

of Washington, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. WILD, Mr. VAN DREW, 

Mr. TIPTON, Ms. SPANBERGER, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reimburse veterans 

for the cost of emergency medical transportation to a 

Federal facility, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Emergency Trans5 portation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL 

2 TRANSPORTATION TO A FEDERAL FACILITY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1725 of title 38, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘EMERGENCY

6 TREATMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘EMERGENCY SERV7 ICES’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘the emergency treatment’’ each 

9 place it appears and inserting ‘‘such emergency serv10 ices’’; 

11 (3) by striking ‘‘such treatment’’ each place it 

12 appears and inserting ‘‘such emergency services’’; 

13 (4) by striking ‘‘that treatment’’ each place it 

14 appears and inserting ‘‘such emergency services’’; 

15 (5) by striking ‘‘the treatment’’ each place it 

16 appears and inserting ‘‘such emergency services’’; 

17 (6) by striking ‘‘in a non-Department facility’’ 

18 each place it appears; 

19 (7) by striking ‘‘same treatment’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘same emergency services’’; 

21 (8) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘health 

22 care provider that furnished the treatment’’ and in23 serting ‘‘provider that furnished such emergency 

24 services’’; 

25 (9) in subsections (a) through (d), as amended 

26 by the preceding paragraphs, by striking ‘‘emergency 


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1 treatment’’ each place it appears and inserting 

2 ‘‘emergency services’’; 

3 (10) in subsection (b)(3)(B), by striking 

4 ‘‘(f)(2)(B) or (f)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(f)(4)(B) or 

5 (f)(4)(C)’’; and 

6 (11) in subsection (f)— 

7 (A) by redesignating paragraph (1), (2), 

8 and (3) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec9 tively; 

10 (B) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, in11 sert ‘‘in a non-Department facility’’ after ‘‘serv12 ices furnished’’; and 

13 (C) by inserting before paragraph (3), as 

14 redesignated, the following new paragraphs (1) 

15 and (2): 

16 ‘‘(1) The term ‘emergency services’ includes 

17 emergency treatment and emergency transportation. 

18 ‘‘(2) The term ‘emergency transportation’ 

19 means transportation of a veteran by ambulance or 

20 air ambulance by a non-Department provider— 

21 ‘‘(A) to a facility for emergency treatment; 

22 or 

23 ‘‘(B) from a non-Department facility where 

24 such veteran received emergency treatment— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to a Department or other Federal 

2 facility; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) at a time described in paragraph 

4 (3)(C).’’. 

5 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

6 (1) DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY TREAT7 MENT.—Section 1728(c) of such title is amended by 

8 striking ‘‘1725(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘1725(f)’’. 

9 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

10 at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘emergency treatment’’ and in12 serting ‘‘emergency services’’. 

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