Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1452
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2015-05-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health care costs and insurance

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Eliminates the requirement limiting reimbursement for emergency treatment in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility to veterans who are active participants in the VA's health care system. Requires the veteran to be an enrollee in the VA's patient enrollment system.</p> <p>Treats the VA as a participating provider for purposes of allowing the VA to recover the costs it incurs in providing care to a veteran for a non-service connected disability that is covered under the veteran's health plan contract.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1452 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2015 . 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). 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 .