,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eagc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #a1  
#bjbb,ms4 ,warren introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
#ca and title #aj1 ,united ,states      
,code1 to address claims of the ,united 
,states ,government relating to certain 
treatment received by civilians at      
military medical treatment facilities1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,financial ,relief for ,civilians       
,treated at ,military ,hospitals ,act4  
#b4 ,debt arising from treatment at     
military medical treatment facilities   
,section #cgaa of title #ca1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7g77#b7-- 7,a7 in            
subparagraph 7,a77v71 by striking and at
 the end2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by
 striking the period at the end and     
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 

the end the following3  7,c7 to any debt
 or claim described in subsection 7j74  
2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the    
following3  7j7 ,the ,secretary of      
,defense or the ,secretary of a military
 department 7as defined in section #aja 
of title #aj7 may not take an action    
under subsection 7a7 to collect a claim 
arising from covered treatment 7as      
defined in section #ajgi;b7b7 of that   
title7 provided at a military medical   
treatment facility to a civilian who is 
not a covered beneficiary 7as defined in
 section #ajgb of that title74  4  #c4  
,limitation on fees charged to civilians
 for emergency medical treatment        
provided at military medical treatment  
facilities ,section #ajgi;b of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 by redesignating subsections 7b7  
and 7c7 as subsections 7c7 and 7d71     
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after subsection 7a7 the following new  
subsection 7b73  7b7 ,limitation on fees
 for certain treatment  7#a7 ,under the 

procedures developed under subsection   
7a71 a military medical treatment       
facility may not charge a civilian who  
is not a covered beneficiary1 or a      
third-party payer of such civilian1 any 
fee for covered treatment provided to   
such civilian at such facility4  7#b7   
,in this subsection3 7,a7 ,the term     
covered treatment1 with respect to      
treatment provided to a civilian at a   
military medical treatment facility1    
means treatment provided for a medical  
emergency or in connection with an      
emergency inpatient admission4  7,b7    
,the terms emergency inpatient admission
 and medical emergency have the meanings
 given those terms in section #aii4b of 
title #cb1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 or successor regulations4 
7,c7 ,the term third-party payer means--
 7i7 an entity described in section     
#ajie7;h77#a7 of this title2  7ii7 the  
,medicare program under title ,,xviii of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq472 or  7iii7 the 

,medicaid program under title ,,xix of  
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq474
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