To amend title 38, United States Code, to suspend for five years the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the copayment amount in effect for medication furnished by the Secretary on an outpatient basis for the treatment of service-connected disabilities.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 27, 2001
Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, from exercising the authority to increase the current copayment for medication furnished to veterans on an outpatient basis for the treatment of non-service-connected disabilities or conditions. Provides that any increase in such copayment amount before that date shall not be in effect during such period.
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