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2/10/2009--Introduced.Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009 - Revises provisions concerning the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a veteran for the cost of emergency care provided in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility to provide that, if the veteran has contractual or legal recourse against a third party that would, in part, extinguish the veteran's liability to the provider of the emergency treatment and payment for the treatment may be made by both the VA and the third party, the amount payable by the VA shall be that which exceeds the cost payable by the third party. Includes as third parties: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act; and (2) a state Medicaid agency with respect to payments under title XIX of such Act.

1234242000 2009-02-10 Wed Jan 06 06:33:30 -0600 2010 introduced 54967 'act':5 '2009':7 'care':3 'fair':4 'emerg':2 'veteran':1 69417 false short introduced 54967 'a':1,27 '38':6 'by':16 'in':26 'of':19 'to':3,10 'and':32 'for':14,22,33 'non':29 'the':17 'bill':2 'code':9 'amend':4 'other':34 'title':5 'expand':11 'states':8 'united':7 'affairs':21 'veteran':12 'facility':31 'purposes':35 'veterans':20 'emergency':23 'furnished':25 'secretary':18 'treatment':24 'department':30 'eligibility':13 'reimbursement':15 'non-department':28 68714 false official action 54967 1234242000 Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0600 2009 184482 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. A000069 1924-09-11 4843 141 Hart Senate Office Building http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home 202-224-2126 Daniel 'd':4 'hi':5 'sen':1 'akaka':3,7,9 'daniel':2,6,8 M 300001 Akaka Don_Cazayoux Kahikina Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI] 2503 N00007653 11932 Democrat 202-224-6361 Congregationalist HI Daniel Akaka 1.92 http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm action 54967 1234242000 Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0600 2009 184482 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. action 54967 1234242000 Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0600 2009 184481 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2080-2081) introduced 54967 1234242000 Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0600 2009 184480