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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1330 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a burial and funeral |
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| 6 | 6 | | allowance for certain veterans who die at home or in other settings |
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| 7 | 7 | | while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans |
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| 8 | 8 | | Affairs, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL27, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | OOZMAN(for himself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a burial |
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| 16 | 16 | | and funeral allowance for certain veterans who die at |
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| 17 | 17 | | home or in other settings while in receipt of hospice |
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| 18 | 18 | | care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, |
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| 19 | 19 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gerald’s Law Act’’. 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 1330 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. BURIAL AND FUNERAL ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VETERANS WHO DIE AT HOME OR IN OTHER 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SETTINGS WHILE IN RECEIPT OF HOSPICE 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF VET-4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ERANS AFFAIRS. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—Section 2303(a)(2)(A) of title 38, 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | United States Code is amended— 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and insert-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ing a semicolon; 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) in clause (ii)(III), by striking the period at 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | clause: 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(iii) a home or other setting at which the 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | deceased veteran was, at the time of death, re-15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ceiving hospice care pursuant to section 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 1717(a) of this title if such care was directly 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | preceded by the Secretary furnishing to the vet-18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | eran hospital care or nursing home care as de-19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | scribed in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of clause 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (ii).’’. 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) E |
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| 50 | 50 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ment of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Vet-24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •S 1330 IS |
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| 56 | 56 | | erans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (Public Law 116–315; 134 Stat. 4932). 2 |
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