119-HR3812

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3812

1. Short title
2. Prohibition on collection of health care copayments by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under certain conditions; authority of the Secretary to waive health care copayments

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Stop Troubling Retroactive Invoices for Veteran Expenses Act of 2025" or the "STRIVE Act of 2025".

2. Prohibition on collection of health care copayments by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under certain conditions; authority of the Secretary to waive health care copayments

Section 1730A of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1) - by striking the heading and inserting "Prohibitions on collection of copayments under certain conditions ";

(2) - in subsection (a)—

(A) - in the heading, by striking "Prohibition" and inserting "Prohibitions"; and

(B) - by striking "the Secretary may not require" and all that follows through the end of the subsection and inserting the following:

(1) - a covered veteran to make any copayment for the receipt of hospital care or medical services under the laws administered by the Secretary;

(2) - any veteran to make any copayment for the receipt of such hospital care or medical services after the end of the two-year period beginning on the date such veteran received such hospital care or medical services if the failure of the veteran to make such copayment during such period is attributable to the failure of an employee, official, or information system of the Department to process information provided by or on behalf of the veteran within applicable timeliness standards established by the Secretary; or

(3) - any veteran to make a copayment in an amount that exceeds $2,000 for the receipt of such hospital care or medical services if the amount of such copayment is attributable to an error on the part of an employee, official, or information system of the Department.

(3) - by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and

(4) Waiver authority - by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:

(b) Waiver authority - The Secretary may waive the requirement for a veteran to make any copayment for the receipt of such hospital care or medical services in any case in which the Secretary determines such a waiver would be appropriate, without regard to whether the veteran submits to the Secretary a request for such waiver.