Sec. 202. Reimbursement of certain entities for emergency medical transportation
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Subchapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1725 the following new section: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall reimburse an ambulance provider or any other entity that provides transportation to a veteran described in section 1725(b) of this title for the purpose of receiving emergency treatment at a non-Department facility the cost of such transportation. The Secretary shall reimburse an ambulance provider or any other entity under subsection
(a)regardless of whether the underlying medical condition for which the veteran is seeking emergency treatment is in connection with a service-connected disability. If the Secretary determines that the underlying medical condition for which the veteran receives emergency treatment is not in connection with a service-connected disability, the Secretary shall recoup the cost of transportation paid under subsection
(a)in connection with such emergency treatment from any health-plan contract under which the veteran is covered. Reimbursement under subsection
(a)shall be made not later than 30 days after receiving a request for reimbursement under such subsection. In this section, the terms emergency treatment and health-plan contract have the meanings given those terms in section 1725(f) of this title. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item related to section 1725 the following new item: 1725A. Reimbursement for emergency medical transportation. .