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RELIEVE Act
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes.
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Summary
Removing Extraneous Loopholes Insuring Every Veteran Emergency Act or the RELIEVE Act
This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimbursement of emergency treatment for veterans who are treated in a non-VA facility. Specifically, the bill waives the requirement that a veteran must have received VA care within the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of emergency treatment if the veteran receives such emergency treatment within the 60-day period following their enrollment in the VA health care system.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Dec 19, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 28, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jan 28, 2025 Introduced in House
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