VA Emergency Transportation Act

This bill would change the federal law that lets the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pay for emergency care veterans receive outside VA facilities. It would replace the term "emergency treatment" with "emergency services," defined to include both emergency treatment and emergency transportation. Emergency transportation would mean an ambulance or air ambulance ride by a non-VA provider to a facility for emergency treatment, or from a non-VA facility where the veteran was treated to a VA or other federal facility. The bill also makes related technical changes to other sections of the law.

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Sponsors

• Mark Alford Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors