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Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73

§1730A Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans

Title 38 › Part PART II— - GENERAL BENEFITS › Chapter CHAPTER 17— - HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VETERANS › § 1730A

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The VA Secretary must not make a covered veteran pay any copayment for hospital care or medical services the VA provides under its laws. A "covered veteran" is a veteran the Secretary says is catastrophically disabled, or a veteran who is an Indian or urban Indian as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603).

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §1730A

Veterans' Benefits — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)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.
(b)In this section, the term “covered veteran” means a veteran who—
(1)is catastrophically disabled, as defined by the Secretary; or
(2)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)).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–315 substituted “certain” for “catastrophically disabled” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, substituted “a covered veteran” for “a veteran who is catastrophically disabled, as defined by the Secretary,”, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 Amendment Pub. L. 116–315, title III, § 3002(c), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4991, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on the day that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 5, 2021].”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

38 U.S.C. § 1730A

Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73