S. 404: Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009
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S. 404: Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-02-10 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2081)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-02-10 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2081) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009
Plain summary
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.
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Official text
Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s404.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s404 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111