3.0.0 4951 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2022-09-27 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-27T20:22:00Z REMOVE Copays Act 117 7589 HR 2022-09-29 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2022-09-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2022-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA N C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2022-09-27 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2022-12-19 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Mental health Prescription drugs Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2022-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2022-10-18T16:32:28Z Reduce and Eliminate Mental Health Outpatient Veteran Copays Act or the REMOVE Copays Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from imposing or collecting any co-payment for a veteran's first three mental health outpatient care visits in a calendar year. However, such prohibition must not apply with respect to the imposition or collection of copayments for medications.

]]> REMOVE Copays Act Display Title REMOVE Copays Act Short Title(s) as Introduced REMOVE Copays Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Reduce and Eliminate Mental Health Outpatient Veteran Copays Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit collection of copayments for the first three outpatient mental health care visits of veterans each calendar year, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4951is/xml/BILLS-117s4951is.xml 2022-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.