S. 2468: Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2014
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S. 2468: Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2014
113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-12 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Hirono, Mazie 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. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2014
Plain summary
Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2014 - Eliminates the requirement limiting reimbursement for emergency treatment in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility to veterans who are active participants in the VA's health care system. Requires the veteran to be an enrollee in the VA's patient enrollment system. Treats the VA as a participating provider for purposes of allowing the VA to recover the costs it incurs in providing care to a veteran for a non-service connected disability that is covered under the veteran's health plan contract.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2014
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · 1 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] reported raising $616,935 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s2468.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>
Record fed-us-cong113-s2468 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113