S.Amdt. 1796

SA 1796. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10__. CONSISTENCY OF DEADLINES FOR FILING CLAIMS FOR
REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT FROM DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT
FURNISHED TO VETERANS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
modify the regulations implementing sections 1725 and 1728 of
title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the deadline for
filing claims for reimbursement or payment for emergency
treatment covered by such sections--
(1) provides the same period of time for the filing of a
claim covered under either section; and
(2) is not earlier than the date that is two years after
the latest date on which such treatment was provided.
(b) Emergency Treatment Defined.--In this section, the term
``emergency treatment'' has the meaning given that term in
section 1725(f) of title 38, United States Code.
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