,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdfh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ab1     
#bjad ,ms4 ,hirono 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,moran7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 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 care1 and for other purposes4   
#a4  ,short title ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,veterans ,emergency       
,health ,care ,safety ,net ,expansion   
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,expansion of       
emergency medical treatment             
reimbursement for certain veterans      
,section #agbe7;b7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in   
paragraph 7#a71 by striking an active   
,department health-care participant and 

inserting enrolled in the health care   
system established under section        
#agje7;a7 of this title2  7#b7 by       
striking paragraph 7#b72 and  7#c7 by   
redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as         
paragraph 7#b74  #c4  ,treatment of     
,department of ,veterans ,affairs as    
participating provider for recovery of  
costs of certain medical care  ,section 
#agbi7;f7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by striking 7f7 ,no   
law and inserting the following3  7f7   
7#a7 ,in the case of a veteran who is   
entitled to care 7or payment of the     
expenses of care7 under a health-plan   
contract1 for purposes of reimbursement 
for providing care or services under    
this chapter to that veteran for a      
non-service-connected disability        
described in subparagraph 7,d7 or 7,e7  
of subsection 7a77#b71 the ,department  
shall be treated as a participating     
provider under that health-plan         
contract4  7#b7 ,no law  4