Sec. 80014. Provision of Department of Veterans Affairs hospital care and medical services to certain veterans who are unemployed or lost employer-sponsored health care coverage by reason of a covered public health emergency
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During the 12-month period beginning on the date on which a covered veteran applies for hospital care or medical services under this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consider the covered veteran to be unable to defray the expenses of necessary care for purposes of section 1722 of title 38, United States Code, and shall furnish to such veteran hospital care and medical services under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code. For purposes of this section, a covered veteran is a veteran— who— is unemployed; or has lost access to a group health plan or group health insurance coverage by reason of a covered public health emergency; and whose projected attributable income for the 12-month period beginning on the date of application for hospital care or medical services under this section is not more than the amount in effect under section 1722(b) of title 38, United States Code.
In this section: The term covered public health emergency means the declaration— of a public health emergency, based on an outbreak of COVID–19 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ); or of a domestic emergency, based on an outbreak of COVID–19 by the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or State, or local authority. The terms group health plan and group health insurance coverage have the meaning given such terms in section 2701 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg-3 ).
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Sec. 80014
Provision of Department of Veterans Affairs hospital care and medical services to certain veterans who are unemployed or lost employer-sponsored health care coverage by reason of a covered public health emergency
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