furnished to an eligible veteran pursuant to subsection (a) shall be considered payment in full and shall extinguish the veteran's liability to the provider of such treatment, unless the provider rejects the payment and refunds to the United States such amount by not later than 30 days after receiving the payment. (d) Claims processed by third party administrators (1) Requirement Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to award a contract to one or more entities, or to modify an existing contract, to process claims for payment for emergency treatment furnished to eligible veterans pursuant to subsection (a). (2) Prompt payment standard Section 1703D of title 38, United States Code, shall apply with respect to claims for payment for emergency treatment furnished to eligible veterans pursuant to subsection (a). (e) Primary payer The Secretary shall be the primary payer with respect to emergency treatment furnished to eligible veterans pursuant to subsection (a), and with respect to the transportation of a veteran by ambulance. In any case in which an eligible veteran is furnished such emergency treatment for a non-service-connected disability described in subsection (a)(2) of section 1729 of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary shall recover or collect reasonable charges for such treatment from a health plan contract described in such section 1729 in accordance with such section. (f) Application This section shall apply to emergency treatment furnished to eligible veterans during the period of a covered public health emergency, regardless of whether treatment was furnished before the date of the enactment of this Act. (g) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered public health emergency means the declaration— (A) of a public health emergency, based on an outbreak of COVID–19 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d )