1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VA Emergency Transportation Act”.
VA Emergency Transportation Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reimburse veterans for the cost of emergency medical transportation to a Federal facility, and for other purposes.
2. Reimbursement of emergency medical transportation to a Federal facility
In general— Section 1725 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in the heading, by striking “emergency treatment” and inserting “emergency services”;
by striking “the emergency treatment” each place it appears and inserting “such emergency services”;
by striking “such treatment” each place it appears and inserting “such emergency services”;
by striking “that treatment” each place it appears and inserting “such emergency services”;
by striking “the treatment” each place it appears and inserting “such emergency services”;
by striking “in a non-Department facility” each place it appears;
by striking “same treatment” and inserting “same emergency services”;
in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking “health care provider that furnished the treatment” and inserting “provider that furnished such emergency services”;
in subsections (a) through (d), as amended by the preceding paragraphs, by striking “emergency treatment” each place it appears and inserting “emergency services”;
in subsection (b)(3)(B), by striking “(f)(2)(B) or (f)(2)(C)” and inserting “(f)(4)(B) or (f)(4)(C)”; and
in subsection (f)—
by redesignating paragraph (1), (2), and (3) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
in paragraph (3), as redesignated, insert “in a non-Department facility” after “services furnished”; and
by inserting before paragraph (3), as redesignated, the following new paragraphs (1) and (2):
“(1) The term “emergency services” includes emergency treatment and emergency transportation.
“(2) The term “emergency transportation” means transportation of a veteran by ambulance or air ambulance by a non-Department provider—
“(A) to a facility for emergency treatment; or
“(B) from a non-Department facility where such veteran received emergency treatment—
“(i) to a Department or other Federal facility; and
“(ii) at a time described in paragraph (3)(C).”
Technical and conforming amendments—
Definition of emergency treatment— Section 1728(c) of such title is amended by striking “1725(f)(1)” and inserting “1725(f)” .
Table of sections— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by striking “emergency treatment” and inserting “emergency services”.