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Senate Bill 1330
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Gerald’s Law Act
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Introduced in Senate on Apr 27, 2023
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Introduced in Senate 
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S. 1330 (Introduced-in-Senate)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1330


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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 27, 2023

Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

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

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 and funeral allowance for certain veterans who die at home or in other settings while in receipt of hospice care furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs.

(a) In general.—Section 2303(a)(2)(A) of title 38, United States Code is amended—

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

(2) in clause (ii)(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 subclause (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; 134 Stat. 4932).