; or (B) to a health care facility in a medical emergency of such nature that a prudent layperson reasonably expects that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would be hazardous to life or health. (3) The Secretary shall directly reimburse a provider of ambulance or air ambulance services for transportation services provided under this section. (4) Amounts paid by the Department for transportation under this section shall be derived from the Medical Services appropriations account of the Department. (d) Payment for treatment or transportation (1) Payment by the Secretary under this section on behalf of a veteran to a covered entity shall, unless rejected and refunded by the covered entity within 30 days of receipt, extinguish any liability on the part of the veteran for that treatment or transportation. (2) Neither the absence of a contract or agreement between the Secretary and a covered entity nor any provision of a contract, agreement, or assignment to the contrary shall operate to modify, limit, or negate the requirements of paragraph (1). (3) In this subsection, the term covered entity means any individual, transportation carrier, organization, or other entity that furnished or paid for health care or transportation services under this section. (e) Exception The Secretary may furnish more than seven days of health care services described in subsection (b) to a newborn child based on medical necessity if the child is in need of additional care. . (b) Treatment of certain debts already incurred The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may waive a debt for or reimburse a veteran billed for the cost of transportation that was furnished in order for a newborn child to receive health care services under section 1786 of title 38, United States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act.