HR5261Referred to Committee
Veterans Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-09-10
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Debbie Dingell
Democrat · MI · Representative
Votes with party: 99.0% (587 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/D000624
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (0)
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-09-10
Previously
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-10
Plain-English Summary
Veterans Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2025 This bill modifies the limitation on reimbursement for emergency treatment of amounts a veteran owes to a third party or owes under a health plan contract. Specifically, the bill allows the Department of Veterans Affairs to reimburse copayments of $100 or more and excludes deductibles and coinsurance from the limitation. This modification must apply with respect to any reimbursement claim for emergency treatment furnished on or after February 1, 2010, including claims submitted by a member of the certified class seeking relief in Wolfe v. McDonough .
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Armed Forces and National Security
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