[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 239 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 239

 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

                            January 11, 2021

Ms. Brownley (for herself, Ms. Speier, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Lee 
 of California, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Sires, Ms. Norton, 
 Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Pappas, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. 
 Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, and Ms. Chu) 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 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 U.S.C. 
        300gg-13(a)(4)).''.
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