,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aj1      
#bjbe,mrs4 ,dingell introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to modify 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    
,veterans ,emergency ,care              
,reimbursement ,act of #bjbe4  #b4      
,modification 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  
,section #agbe7;c77#d77;,d7 of title    
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
  7#a7 by striking ,the ,secretary and  
inserting 7i7 ,the ,secretary2  7#b7 in 
clause 7i71 as designated by paragraph  

7#a71 by striking or similar payment and
 inserting of less than #ajj2 and  7#c7 
by adding at the end the following new  
clause3  7ii7 ,in this subparagraph1 the
 term copayment means a fixed amount    
paid by an individual for a covered     
health service received by the          
individual and does not include any     
amount paid for a deductible or         
coinsurance4  4  7b7  ,application of   
amendment  ,the amendments made by      
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to any reimbursement claim under section
 #agbe of such title submitted to the   
,department of ,veterans ,affairs for   
emergency treatment furnished on or     
after ,february #a1 #bjab1 including any
 such claim submitted by a member of the
 certified class seeking relief in      
,wolfe v4 ,mc,donough1 ,no4 #ah-fjia    
7,u4,s4 ,vet4 ,app474  7c7 ,definitions 
,in this section3 7#a7 ,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 ,the term 
reimbursement claim includes any claim  
by a veteran for reimbursement of a     
copayment1 deductible1 coinsurance1 or  
any other type of cost share 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