S 4166 · 116th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2020
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Introduced2
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House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2020-07-02)
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Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID-19 Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to get a medical opinion to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or contributory cause of death in situations where a veteran with a service-connected disability dies from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), or complications from COVID-19, and the death certificate does not clearly identify the service-connected disability as the principal or contributory cause of death.…
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