1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017 . 2. Coverage of urgent care and emergency room treatment of veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care (1) In general Subchapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1725 the following new section: 1725A. Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care (a) In general The Secretary shall enter into contracts with urgent care providers under which the Secretary pays the urgent care provider the reasonable costs of urgent care provided to eligible veterans by the urgent care provider. (b) Eligible veterans A veteran is an eligible veteran for purposes of this section if the veteran— (1) is enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment established and operated under section 1705(a) of this title; and (2) has received health care under this chapter during the two-year period preceding the date on which the veteran receives urgent care under this section. (c) Cost sharing (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall establish a cost-sharing amount that eligible veterans shall pay to the Secretary to receive urgent care from an urgent care provider under this section. (2) The cost-sharing amount established under paragraph (1) shall not apply to an eligible veteran— (A) if the eligible veteran is admitted to a hospital for treatment or observation after receiving urgent care under this section