A bill to amend section 1729 of title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs medical care cost-recovery program.

Summary

Makes permanent (currently, expires August 1, 1994) the authority of the United States (through the Department of Veterans Affairs) to recover from third-party insurers the cost of Department care provided to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities that could have been provided by such third party insurer. Requires unobligated balances present in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical-Care Cost Recovery Fund at the close of a fiscal year and determined to be excess by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be deposited, by January 1 of the following fiscal year, to appropriations available to Department medical centers to be allocated on a basis proportionate to contributions. (Currenty, such excess Fund amounds are deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.)

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Timeline

1. 2 April 1993

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 April 1993

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4420-4422)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 April 1993

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 2 April 1993 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 April 1993

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 April 1993

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 2 April 1993

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Sponsors

• Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
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