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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 748 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating |
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| 6 | 6 | | to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency |
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| 7 | 7 | | treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, |
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| 8 | 8 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | ERGMAN(for himself and Mr. PAPPAS) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was 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 make certain |
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| 16 | 16 | | improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to |
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| 17 | 17 | | receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished |
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| 18 | 18 | | through the Veterans Community Care program, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 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 ‘‘Removing Extraneous 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Loopholes Insuring Every Veteran Emergency Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ‘‘RELIEVE Act’’. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:08 Feb 21, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H748.IH H748 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 748 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR REIMBURSE-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | MENT FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT FUR-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | NISHED TO VETERANS. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) E |
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| 33 | 33 | | LIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—Section 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1725(b)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | by inserting ‘‘, unless such emergency treatment was fur-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | nished during the 60-day period following the date on 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | which the veteran enrolled in the health care system speci-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | fied in subparagraph (A), in which case no requirement 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | for prior receipt of care shall apply’’ before the period. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) A |
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| 41 | 41 | | PPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | section (a) shall apply with respect to emergency treat-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ment furnished on or after the date that is one year after 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the date of the enactment of this Act. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Æ |
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