1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2014”.
Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2014
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical treatment and to require that the Department of Veterans Affairs be treated as a participating provider for the recovery of the costs of certain medical care, and for other purposes.
2. Expansion of emergency medical treatment reimbursement for certain veterans
Section 1725(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “an active Department health-care participant” and inserting “enrolled in the health care system established under section 1705(a) of this title”;
by striking paragraph (2); and
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
3. Treatment of Department of Veterans Affairs as participating provider for recovery of costs of certain medical care
Section 1729(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “(f) No law” and inserting the following:
“(f)
“(1) In the case of a veteran who is entitled to care (or payment of the expenses of care) under a health-plan contract, for purposes of reimbursement for providing care or services under this chapter to that veteran for a non-service-connected disability described in subparagraph (D) or (E) of subsection (a)(2), the Department shall be treated as a participating provider under that health-plan contract.
“(2) No law”