1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Emergency Treatment Act or the VET Act . 2. Clarification of emergency hospital care furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain veterans (a) In general Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1730A the following new section: 1730B. Examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor (a) Medical screening examinations In carrying out this chapter, if any enrolled veteran requests, or a request is made on behalf of the veteran, for examination or treatment for a medical condition, regardless of whether such condition is service-connected, at a hospital emergency department of a medical facility of the Department, the Secretary shall ensure that the veteran is provided an appropriate medical screening examination within the capability of the emergency department, including ancillary services routinely available to the emergency department, to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists. (b) Necessary stabilizing treatment for emergency medical conditions and labor (1) If an enrolled veteran comes to a medical facility of the Department and the Secretary determines that the veteran has an emergency medical condition, the Secretary shall provide either— (A) such further medical examination and such treatment as may be required to stabilize the medical condition