Federal · Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits

38 U.S.C. § 1730A: Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans

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Notwithstanding subsections (f) and (g) of section 1710 and section 1722A(a) of this title or any other provision of law, the Secretary may not require a covered veteran to make any copayment for the receipt of hospital care or medical services under the laws administered by the Secretary. is catastrophically disabled, as defined by the Secretary; or is an Indian or urban Indian (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603 )).

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