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118th Congress(2023-2024)
Gerald’s Law Act
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Introduced in House on Jan 10, 2023
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H. R. 234 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 234


To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 10, 2023

Mr. Bergman (for himself, Mr. Allred, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Ellzey, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Baird, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Mast) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Gerald’s Law Act”.

SEC. 2. Burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs.

(a) In general.—Subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 2303 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 2202 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315; 134 Stat. 4984), is further amended—

(1) in clause (i), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;

(2) in clause (ii)—

(A) in subclause (II), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon; and

(B) in subclause (III), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(iii) a home or other setting at which the deceased veteran was, at the time of death, receiving hospice care pursuant to section 1717(a) of this title if such care was directly preceded by the Secretary furnishing to the veteran hospital care or nursing home care as described in subclauses (I), (II), or (III) of clause (ii).”.

(b) Effective date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315).