S.Amdt. 2266

SA 2266. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2372, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 75, after line 25, insert the following:

SEC. 115. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AS SECONDARY PAYER
FOR HEALTH CARE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 17 is amended by
inserting after section 1703D, as added by section 111 of
this Act, the following new section:

``Sec. 1703F. Department as secondary payer for certain non-
Department care

``If a veteran is covered under a health-plan contract (as
defined in section 1729(i) of this title) and receives
hospital care or medical services for a non-service-connected
disability at a non-Department facility or from a non-
Department provider, such health-plan contract shall be
primarily responsible for paying for such care or services,
to the extent such care or services are covered by such
health-plan contract, and the Secretary shall be secondarily
responsible for paying for such care or services.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of section for such
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 1703D the following new item:

``1703F. Department as secondary payer for certain non-Department
care.''.

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