[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 821 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 821

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 2, 2009

  Mr. Sanders introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             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, and for other purposes.

    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) In General.--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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