S. 4166 · 116th Congress
Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2020
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Introduced
- 2020-07-02
- Latest action
- 2020-07-02 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
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.