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<dc:title>119 HR 211 IH: Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-01-06</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 211</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250106">January 6, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001285">Ms. Brownley</sponsor> (for herself, <cosponsor name-id="M001227">Ms. McClellan</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001068">Mr. Cohen</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001127">Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="M001206">Mr. Morelle</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S001159">Ms. Strickland</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="P000608">Mr. Peters</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="K000389">Mr. Khanna</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="F000462">Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="L000601">Mr. Landsman</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="R000617">Mrs. Ramirez</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S001145">Ms. Schakowsky</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limitations on copayments for contraception furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H71B11ED5E23544188D44EAC53DCD766D" style="OLC"><section id="HD507DA314FF14F98AC3E241376393A7E" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H4E8562B98661489193F5BECF71BE6567"><enum>2.</enum><header>Limitation on copayments for contraception</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1722A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="HD157E25A14C945B880965C71A8AA4F8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to pay</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting <quote>to pay—</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H234DCFE2685E4F08B95D8834EC1EDF9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H862C161770904BA483F26C1D833AD520" style="USC"><subparagraph id="H5702907490914C658DB605C314D72C73" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount in excess of the cost to the Secretary for medication described in paragraph (1); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F1C5C6F649A41A9806E45CF1D108865" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount for any contraceptive item for which coverage under health insurance coverage is required without the imposition of any cost-sharing requirement pursuant to section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300gg-13">42 U.S.C. 300gg–13(a)(4)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

