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Adds new subparagraph (G) permitting the Secretary to waive veteran copayment requirements during the two-year period following enactment when a Department or employee error delayed notification and the veteran received notification later than 180 days after receiving care or services.
Redesignates existing subsection (c) as subsection (d) and inserts new subsection (c) authorizing the Secretary, during the two-year period following enactment, to waive a veteran's payment requirement for medication when a Department or employee error delayed notification and the veteran received notification later than 180 days after receiving the medication.
Adds new section 1709D establishing procedures for copayments: deadlines for notification (180 days for Department facility care; 18 months for non-Department facility care), conditions under which the Secretary may not collect payments if notifications are late, information requirements for waiver applications and payment plans, authority to waive payments for certain delayed-notification scenarios, a requirement to review waiver cases to reduce late notifications, and a termination two years after enactment.
Inserts an item relating to the new section 1709D into the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced November 7, 2025 by Lloyd K. Smucker · Last progress November 7, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House