Veterans Community Care Fairness Act

Veterans Community Care Fairness Act

This bill requires covered veterans to submit a notification of the care or services they received within 30 days of being admitted for emergency care under the Veterans Community Care Program as a condition for authorization of such care by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Covered veterans are those who are enrolled in the VA health care system or those who are not enrolled but are eligible for care due to a service-connected disability.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8710 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8710

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization 
 period for emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs 
     medical facilities under the Veterans Community Care Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2020

    Mr. Higgins of New York (for himself, Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. 
   Panetta, Ms. Wild, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Case, Mr. San 
  Nicolas, and Mr. Morelle) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization 
 period for emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs 
     medical facilities under the Veterans Community Care Program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Community Care Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION PERIOD FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT IN NON-DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITIES.

    Section 1703(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``A covered veteran'' and inserting ``(A) 
        Subject to subparagraph (B), a covered veteran''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) In the case of an emergency which existed at the time 
        of admission of a covered veteran to a health care provider and 
        as a condition of authorization under subparagraph (A), the 
        Secretary shall require that, during the 30-day period 
        following such admission, the covered veteran (or an individual 
        acting on behalf of the covered veteran) submit to the 
        Secretary notification of the care or services received by the 
        veteran during such admission.''.
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