,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dadi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #a1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1 ,ms4
 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,hirono1   
and ,mr4 ,tester7 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 remove 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 contract4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,emergency ,care ,reimbursement ,act of 
#bjbj4  #b4 ,removal of 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  7a7 ,in general  
,subsection 7c77#d7 of section #agbe of 
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by striking subparagraph 7,d74  

7b7 ,application of amendment ,the      
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply with respect to any reimbursement 
request under section #agbe of such     
title submitted to the ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs for emergency        
treatment furnished on or after         
,february #a1 #bjaj4  7c7 ,impact on    
existing court case ,nothing in this    
section or the amendment made by this   
section shall limit the rights of any   
member of the ,wolfe class seeking      
relief in ,wolfe v4 ,wilkie1 ,no4       
#ah-fjia 7,vet4 ,app4 filed ,october    
#cj1 #bjah74  7d7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3 7#a7 ,emergency treatment2     
health-plan contract ,the terms         
emergency treatment and health-plan     
contract have the meanings given those  
terms in section #agbe7;f7 of title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7           
,reimbursement request ,the term        
reimbursement request includes any claim
 by a veteran for reimbursement of a    
copayment1 deductible1 coinsurance1 or  

similar payment for emergency treatment 
furnished to the veteran in a           
non-,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
facility and made by a veteran who had  
coverage under a health-plan contract1  
including any claim for the reasonable  
value of emergency treatment that was   
rejected or denied by the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs1 whether the        
rejection or denial was final or not4