I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3400 
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 
MAY 20, 2021 
Mrs. HARTZLER (for herself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. TURNER, 
Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, Mr. BACON, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. CUELLAR, Mrs. 
KIM of California, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. KILMER, and Mrs. AXNE) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Emergency Trans-
portation Act’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
REIMBURSEMENT 
OF 
EMERGENCY 
MEDICAL 
TRANSPORTATION TO A FEDERAL FACILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1725 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘EMERGENCY 
TREATMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘EMERGENCY SERV-
ICES’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the emergency treatment’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘such emergency serv-
ices’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘such treatment’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘such emergency services’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘that treatment’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘such emergency services’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘the treatment’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘such emergency services’’; 
(6) by striking ‘‘in a non-Department facility’’ 
each place it appears; 
(7) by striking ‘‘same treatment’’ and inserting 
‘‘same emergency services’’; 
(8) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘health 
care provider that furnished the treatment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘provider that furnished such emergency 
services’’; 
(9) in subsections (a) through (d), as amended 
by the preceding paragraphs, by striking ‘‘emergency 
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treatment’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘emergency services’’; 
(10) in subsection (b)(3)(B), by striking 
‘‘(f)(2)(B) or (f)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(f)(4)(B) or 
(f)(4)(C)’’; and 
(11) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (1), (2), 
and (3) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec-
tively; 
(B) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, in-
sert ‘‘in a non-Department facility’’ after ‘‘serv-
ices furnished’’; and 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (3), as 
redesignated, the following new paragraphs (1) 
and (2): 
‘‘(1) The term ‘emergency services’ includes 
emergency treatment and emergency transportation. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘emergency transportation’ 
means transportation of a veteran by ambulance or 
air ambulance by a non-Department provider— 
‘‘(A) to a facility for emergency treatment; 
or 
‘‘(B) from a non-Department facility where 
such veteran received emergency treatment— 
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‘‘(i) to a Department or other Federal 
facility; and 
‘‘(ii) at a time described in paragraph 
(3)(C).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
DEFINITION
OF
EMERGENCY
TREAT-
MENT.—Section 1728(c) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘1725(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘1725(f)’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘emergency treatment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘emergency services’’. 
Æ 
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