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[H.R. 3798 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 429
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3798

                          [Report No. 116-529]

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2019

  Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                           September 22, 2020

Additional sponsors: Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Norton, Ms. Schakowsky, 
  Mr. Pappas, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. 
Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cohen, 
  Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Pingree, Ms. 
 Roybal-Allard, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Crow, Mrs. 
Napolitano, Ms. Moore, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Payne, Ms. Wild, Ms. Jayapal, 
  Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Heck, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. 
 Haaland, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, and Ms. 
                                Frankel

                           September 22, 2020

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 
                               17, 2019]


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                                 A BILL


 
 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.


 


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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Access to Contraception for 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON COPAYMENTS FOR CONTRACEPTION.

    Section 1722A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``to pay'' and all that follows through the 
        period and inserting ``to pay--''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
            ``(A) an amount in excess of the cost to the Secretary for 
        medication described in paragraph (1); or
            ``(B) 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 (42 USC 
        300gg-13(a)(4)).''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 429

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3798

                          [Report No. 116-529]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 22, 2020

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed