H.R. 5261 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Veterans Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2025
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-10
Introduced: 2025-09-10
Latest action (2025-09-22): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
What H.R. 5261 does, in plain terms
Veterans Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2025 This bill modifies the limitation on reimbursement for emergency treatment of amounts a veteran owes to a third party or owes under a health plan contract. Specifically, the bill allows the Department of Veterans Affairs to reimburse copayments of $100 or more and excludes deductibles and coinsurance from the limitation. This modification must apply with respect to any reimbursement claim for emergency treatment furnished on or after February 1, 2010, including claims submitted by a member of the certified class seeking relief in Wolfe v. McDonough.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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