Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act
United States117th CongressS-202Senate
Updated: Feb 3, 2021
Summary
Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system with emergency treatment at non-VA facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The VA may not require such veterans to seek authorization for such emergency treatment during this time. The bill also sets forth the payment rates and procedures for such emergency treatment.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
HR-584: Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID ActReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Senate
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