VREASA
Latest action · Mar 21, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Services Act or the VREASA
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat ambulance services as reimbursable emergency services if:
- the ambulance request was made because of the sudden onset of a medical condition of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that a delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to the individual or could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in placing the individual in serious jeopardy, and
- the individual is transported to the closest and most appropriate medical facility capable of treating such emergency medical condition.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2017 to Jul 31, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Apr 12, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 20, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | May 19, 2017 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jun 12, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 21, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Aug 18, 2017 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jan 16, 2018 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Jan 17, 2018 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 5, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Apr 11, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Apr 13, 2018 | |
| R-VA | Dave Brat | Apr 17, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Apr 23, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | May 25, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Jul 31, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2017 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 9, 2017Discharged Mar 21, 2017 | |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 21, 2017 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2017Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
- Mar 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 9, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Mar 9, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 41, March 9, 2017, page H2019.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4242 | VA Care in the Community Act | Related bill | Mar 5, 2018 |
| HR 5149 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the circumstances under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide reimbursement for emergency ambulance services. | Reintroduction of | May 26, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the circumstances under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide reimbursement for emergency ambulance services.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- VREASA
- Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Services Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
