Payment or Reimbursement for Emergency Services for Nonservice-Connected Conditions in Non-VA Facilities

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) "Payment or Reimbursement for Emergency Services for Nonservice- Connected Conditions in Non-VA Facilities" regulations to conform with a statutory change that expanded veterans' eligibility for reimbursement. Some of the revisions in this final rule are purely technical, matching the language of our regulations to the language of the revised statute, while others set out VA's policies regarding the implementation of statutory requirements. This final rule expands the qualifications for payment or reimbursement to veterans who receive emergency services in non-VA facilities, and establishes accompanying standards for the method and amount of payment or reimbursement.