S. 2757 · 118th Congress

Limits VA cuts to payment rates for ambulances and other special transportation

Official title: VA Emergency Transportation Access Act1

Never got a floor vote

§1What it does

Why this matters: A plain-English description of the bill as it was voted on, written by us from the official summary and text.

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This bill would keep the rates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pays for transporting veterans by special modes of transportation, such as ambulances and wheelchair vans, at the levels in effect on January 1, 2023, and bar the VA from changing them except as the bill allows.2,3 The VA could raise the rates at any time.3 Before lowering them, the VA would have to study the effects on its budget, on the transportation industry and on veterans' access to care, develop a formal rate-setting process with input from industry experts, Medicare and Medicaid officials, VA experts and veterans groups, and confirm the new rates cover at least the actual cost of transportation.3,4

§2Status

StatusLatest action, September 11, 2023: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.1
IntroducedSeptember 11, 2023
SponsorSen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Cosponsors49 cosponsors (26 Republican, 22 Democratic, 1 independent)
Official recordS. 2757 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, September 11, 2023: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.1 How bills die without a vote.

2026 candidates who sponsored or cosponsored it (14)