[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1335 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1335

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who 
                     are catastrophically disabled.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2009

 Mrs. Halvorson (for herself, Mr. Filner, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Ross, Ms. 
    Kaptur, Mr. Childers, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Walz, Mr. Sablan, Mr. 
 Kissell, Mr. Nye, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Delahunt, 
  Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Polis of Colorado, Mr. Heinrich, and Ms. Kilroy) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who 
                     are catastrophically disabled.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION OF CERTAIN COPAYMENTS FROM 
              VETERANS WHO ARE CATASTROPHICALLY DISABLED.

    (a) Prohibition on Collection of Copayments and Other Fees for 
Hospital or Nursing Home Care.--Section 1710 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection (h):
    ``(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a 
veteran who is catastrophically disabled shall not be required to make 
any payment otherwise required under subsection (f) or (g) for the 
receipt of hospital care or nursing home care under this section.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (h) of section 1710 of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with 
respect to hospital care or nursing home care provided after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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