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Veterans Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the limitation on reimbursement for emergency treatment of amounts owed to a third party or for which the veteran is responsible under a health-plan contract.

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What This Bill Does

This bill modifies the limitation on reimbursement for emergency treatment of amounts a veteran owes to a third party or owes under a health plan contract. Specifically, the bill allows the Department of Veterans Affairs to reimburse copayments of $100 or more and excludes deductibles and coinsurance from the limitation.

This modification must apply with respect to any reimbursement claim for emergency treatment furnished on or after February 1, 2010, including claims submitted by a member of the certified class seeking relief in Wolfe v. McDonough.

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  1. House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  3. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Introduced
  5. Committee

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