S 4149
Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2020
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Bill overview
This bill, the Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2020, aims to improve how veterans are reimbursed for emergency treatment costs when they receive care at non-VA facilities. Specifically, it removes a previous limitation on the VA’s ability to reimburse veterans for co-payments or other payments they owe to third-party providers for emergency care. This change applies to emergency treatment provided on or after February 1, 2010, and does not affect existing legal claims related to reimbursement, as established in the Wolfe v. Wilkie case.
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Jon Tester
Sherrod Brown
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