US Congress House Bill 485 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-06-20 - Committee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat ambulance services as reimbursable emergency services in certain circumstances. Specifically, services are reimbursable when (1) the ambulance request was made because of the sudden onset of a medical condition that would reasonably be expected to be hazardous to the individual in the absence of immediate medical attention, and (2) the individual is transported to the closest and most appropriate medical facility capable of treating such emergency medical condition.

VREASA Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Services Act

Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]
Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]
Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-20	House	Committee Hearings Held.
2019-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-01-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-01-10	House	Introduced in House

SB2392 (Related) 2019-07-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/485/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr485/BILLS-116hr485ih.pdf