HOUSE 1445115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

VREASA

Last Action: 3/21/2017

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2017-03-21Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-21Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
2017-03-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2017-03-09Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-03-09Introduced in House
2017-03-09Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2017-03-09 (00)

Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Services Act or the VREASA

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat ambulance services as reimbursable emergency services if:

the ambulance request was made because of the sudden onset of a medical condition of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that a delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to the individual or could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in placing the individual in serious jeopardy, and
the individual is transported to the closest and most appropriate medical facility capable of treating such emergency medical condition.

Cosponsors (20)

Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
ROSA DELAURO (D-CT)
Mark Takano (D-CA)
WALTER JONES (R-NC)
J. Correa (D-CA)
Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)
Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
TIM RYAN (D-OH)
Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Lynn Jenkins (R-KS)
Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Scott Tipton (R-CO)
Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Clay Higgins (R-LA)
PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
Jared Polis (D-CO)
Joe Courtney (D-CT)
NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
Glenn Thompson (R-PA)

Subjects

Emergency medical services and trauma care
Veterans' medical care

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