H.R. 6845, No Coronavirus Copays for Veterans Act
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H.R. 6845, the No Coronavirus Copays for Veterans Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives on May 12, 2020, by Ms. Underwood and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Section 2 provides that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not require any copayment or other cost sharing for qualifying coronavirus preventive services. The requirement takes effect for a qualifying coronavirus preventive service on the specified date, and both terms have the meaning given in section 3203 of the CARES Act.
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“H.R. 6845, No Coronavirus Copays for Veterans Act.”
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6845
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from charging veterans
copayments for preventive services relating to COVID–19.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 2020
Ms. UNDERWOOD (for herself, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. ZELDIN, and
Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from charging
veterans copayments for preventive services relating to
COVID–19.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Coronavirus
5 Copays for Veterans Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON COPAYMENTS AND COST SHARING
2 FOR VETERANS RECEIVING PREVENTIVE
3 SERVICES RELATING TO COVID–19.
4 (a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
5 fairs may not require any copayment or other cost sharing
6 under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for
7 qualifying coronavirus preventive services. The require-
8 ment described in this subsection shall take effect with
9 respect to a qualifying coronavirus preventive service on
10 the specified date.
11 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘quali-
12 fying coronavirus preventive service’’ and ‘‘specified date’’
13 have the meaning given those terms in section 3203 of
14 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).
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