Veterans' Emergency Care Claims Parity Act
Latest action · Apr 11, 2022 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedMay 27, 2021
- Passed SenateApr 7, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans' Emergency Care Claims Parity Act
This bill modifies certain deadlines for the submittal of claims by a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) individual or entity seeking reimbursement for the provision of emergency treatment to a veteran. Specifically, a non-VA individual or entity seeking such reimbursement must submit a claim not later than 180 days after the treatment was provided. (Under the VA's current policy, such claims for unauthorized emergency care must generally be submitted within 90 days for conditions that are not service-connected and within two years for conditions that are service-connected.)
Veterans may not be held liable for payment if a claim was submitted by an individual or entity after the deadline due to an administrative error made by the individual or entity or by the VA.
The VA must publish information regarding emergency care authorization for non-VA providers on a publicly available VA website.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 27, 2021Hearings Jun 23, 2021Markup Jul 28, 2021Discharged Apr 7, 2022 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2022Received in the House.
- Apr 11, 2022Held at the desk.
- Apr 8, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Apr 7, 2022Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 7, 2022Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2079-2080)
- Apr 7, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2079)
- Jul 28, 2021Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jun 23, 2021Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231.
- May 27, 2021Introduced in Senate
- May 27, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2079Amendments S2079, S2102 | Christopher Murphy D-CT, Jon Tester D-MT (amendment), Mike Rounds R-SD (amendment) | Apr 7, 2022 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 14, 2021S. 1875, Veterans’ Emergency Care Claims Parity ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 28, 2021
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 5026 | In the nature of a substitute. | Mike Rounds R-SD | Amendment SA 5026 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a deadline of 180 days for the filing of claims for payment for emergency treatment furnished to veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans' Emergency Care Claims Parity Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Veterans' Emergency Care Claims Parity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2022Engrossed in Senate
- May 27, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
