,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cicb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjai,ms4 
,underwood 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez 
of ,ohio1 and ,mr4 ,zeldin7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to eliminate     
copayments by the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs for medicines        
relating to preventive health services1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,veterans ,preventive ,health ,coverage 
,fairness ,act4  #b4 ,improvement to    
preventive health services furnished by 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,elimination of medication copayments   
,section #agbb;,a7a77#c7 of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking  
or2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,d71 by      
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by adding at  

the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,e7 to medication that is or is part of
 a preventive health service4  4  7b7   
,elimination of hospital care and       
medical services copayments ,section    
#agaj of such title is amended-- 7#a7 in
 subsection 7f7--  7,a7 by redesignating
 paragraph 7#e7 as paragraph 7#f72 and  
7,b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#d7  
the following new paragraph 7#e73  7#e7 
,a veteran shall not be liable to the   
,united ,states under this subsection   
for any amounts for preventive health   
services4  2 and  7#b7 in subsection    
7g77#c71 by adding at the end the       
following new subparagraph3  7,c7       
,preventive health services4  4  7c7    
,definition ,section #agja7i7 of such   
title is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 
7,k71 by striking 2 and and inserting a 
semicolon2  7#b7 by redesignating       
subparagraph 7,l7 as subparagraph 7,o72 
and  7#c7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,k7 the following new     
subparagraphs3  7,l7 evidence-based     

items or services that have in effect a 
rating of ,a or ,b in the current       
recommendations of the ,united ,states  
,preventive ,services ,task ,force2     
7,m7 immunizations that have in effect a
 recommendation from the ,advisory      
,committee on ,immunization ,practices  
of the ,centers for ,disease ,control   
and ,prevention with respect to the     
individual involved2  7,n7 with respect 
to services for women1 the preventive   
care and screenings provided for in the 
,health ,resources and ,services        
,administration ,preventive ,services   
,guidelines in effect as of ,january #a1
 #bjag2 and  4