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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Feb 25, 2008
Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2008 - Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse certain veterans without a service-connected disability enrolled as active participants of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care plan for the cost of emergency treatment received in a non-VA facility until such time as such veterans are transferred to a VA or other federal facility.
Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary to reimburse certain veterans with a service-connected disability or a non-service-connected disability associated with or aggravating a service-connected disability for the customary and usual charges of emergency treatment for which such veterans have made payment from sources other than the VA.
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Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D–OH
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka with amendments. With written report No. 110-263.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka with amendments. With written report No. 110-263.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held. Business Meeting printed. S. Hrg. 110-378.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-328.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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