,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjbd,mr4  
,mast 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 and
 ,mr4 ,gosar7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to establish an extended 
deadline for the submission of          
applications regarding emergency        
treatment furnished in non-,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs medical           
facilities1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,emergency ,community ,care        
,notification ,time ,adjustment ,act of 
#bjbd4  #b4 ,extended deadline relating 
to emergency treatment in               
non-,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
medical facilities  7a7 ,extended       
deadline ,section #agjc7;a77#c7 of title
 #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is         
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,a covered  
veteran and inserting 7,a7 ,a covered   

veteran2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph3  7,b7   
,in the case of an emergency which      
existed at the time of admission of a   
covered veteran to a health care        
provider1 the ,secretary shall deem any 
care or services received by the veteran
 during the period beginning at the time
 of such admission and ending at the    
time of discharge from the facility at  
which such care or services were        
furnished to be authorized under        
subparagraph 7,a7 if the covered veteran
 7or an individual acting on behalf of  
the covered veteran7 submits an         
application for such authorization by a 
deadline that the ,secretary determines 
appropriate for purposes of this        
paragraph1 except that such deadline may
 not be earlier than #gb hours following
 such discharge4  4  7b7 ,applicability 
,the amendments made by subsection 7a7  
shall apply with respect to admissions  
occurring on or after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act4