,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ai1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,hartzler 7for herself1 ,mr4           
,cunningham1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1  
,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4     
,turner1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1    
,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,byrne1 ,mr4 ,cole1  
,mr4 ,mast1 ,mr4 ,steube1 ,mrs4 ,rodgers
 of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,harder of        
,california1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,mr4 ,van      
,drew1 ,mr4 ,tipton1 ,ms4 ,spanberger1  
and ,ms4 ,norton7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to reimburse veterans for
 the cost of emergency medical          
transportation to a ,federal facility1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,va ,emergency ,transportation ,act4   
#b4 ,reimbursement of emergency medical 
transportation to a ,federal facility   
7a7 ,in general ,section #agbe of title 

#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
  7#a7 in the heading1 by striking      
emergency treatment and inserting       
emergency services2  7#b7 by striking   
the emergency treatment each place it   
appears and inserting such emergency    
services2  7#c7 by striking such        
treatment each place it appears and     
inserting such emergency services2  7#d7
 by striking that treatment each place  
it appears and inserting such emergency 
services2  7#e7 by striking the         
treatment each place it appears and     
inserting such emergency services2  7#f7
 by striking in a non-,department       
facility each place it appears2  7#g7 by
 striking same treatment and inserting  
same emergency services2  7#h7 in       
subsection 7a77#b77;,a71 by striking    
health care provider that furnished the 
treatment and inserting provider that   
furnished such emergency services2  7#i7
 in subsections 7a7 through 7d71 as     
amended by the preceding paragraphs1 by 
striking emergency treatment each place 

it appears and inserting emergency      
services2  7#aj7 in subsection          
7b77#c77;,b71 by striking 7f77#b77;,b7  
or 7f77#b77;,c7 and inserting           
7f77#d77;,b7 or 7f77#d77;,c72 and  7#aa7
 in subsection 7f7-- 7,a7 by            
redesignating paragraph 7#a71 7#b71 and 
7#c7 as paragraphs 7#c71 7#d71 and 7#e71
 respectively2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c71 
as redesignated1 insert in a            
non-,department facility after services 
furnished2 and  7,c7 by inserting before
 paragraph 7#c71 as redesignated1 the   
following new paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b73 
7#a7 ,the term emergency services       
includes emergency treatment and        
emergency transportation4  7#b7 ,the    
term emergency transportation means     
transportation of a veteran by ambulance
 or air ambulance by a non-,department  
provider--  7,a7 to a facility for      
emergency treatment2 or  7,b7 from a    
non-,department facility where such     
veteran received emergency treatment--  
7i7 to a ,department or other ,federal  

facility2 and  7ii7 at a time described 
in paragraph 7#c77;,c74  4  7b7         
,technical and conforming amendments    
7#a7 ,definition of emergency treatment 
,section #agbh7;c7 of such title is     
amended by striking #agbe7;f77#a7 and   
inserting #agbe7;f7 4  7#b7 ,table of   
sections ,the table of sections at the  
beginning of chapter #ag of such title  
is amended by striking emergency        
treatment and inserting emergency       
services4