,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cbc #aaith  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #chab
 ,report ,no4 #aai-cga ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,june   
#f1 #bjbe,mr4 ,gray introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,november #g1 #bjbe;,additional         
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,castro of 
,texas1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mrs4 ,ramirez1    
,ms4 ,ross1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 
and ,mr4 ,figures  ,november #g1        
#bjbe,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,june #f1 #bjbe   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to prohibit the          
collection of a health care copayment by
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
from a veteran under certain conditions 

attributable to a failure of the        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs to    
process certain information within      
applicable timeliness standards1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,stop         
,troubling ,retroactive ,invoices for   
,veteran ,expenses ,act of #bjbe or the 
,,strive ,act of #bjbe4  #b4            
,prohibition on collection of health    
care copayments by the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs under certain        
conditions2 authority of the ,secretary 
to waive health care copayments  7a7 ,in
 general ,subchapter ,,iii of chapter   
#ag of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended by inserting after section  
#agbb;,c the following new section3     
#agbb;,d4 ,copayments3 prohibitions on  
collection under certain conditions2    
waiver authority  7a7 ,in general       
,notwithstanding subsections 7f7 and 7g7
 of section #agaj of this title1 section
 #agbb;,a7a7 of this title1 section     
#agbe;,a of this title1 or any other    

provision of law requiring an individual
 to make a copayment to the ,secretary1 
the ,secretary may not require a veteran
 to make any copayment for the receipt  
of hospital care or medical services    
under the laws administered by the      
,secretary after the end of the two-year
 period beginning on the date such      
veteran received such hospital care or  
medical services if the ,secretary      
failed to provide the veteran notice--  
7#a7 of the copayment within applicable 
timeliness standards established by the 
,secretary2 or  7#b7 that the aggregate 
amount of copayments for such care or   
services the veteran owes to the        
,secretary is greater than the dollar   
amount described in paragraph 7#a7 of   
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,dollar amount     
described  7#a7 ,the dollar amount      
described in this paragraph is #b1jjj4  
7#b7 ,on the first day of each fiscal   
year beginning after the date of the    
enactment of the ,,strive ,act of #bjbe1
 the ,secretary shall1 increase the     

dollar amount described in paragraph    
7#a7 by a percentage equal to the       
percentage by which the ,consumer ,price
 ,index 7all items1 ,united ,states city
 average7 increased during the previous 
fiscal year4 ,in the event that such    
index does not increase during such     
period1 the ,secretary shall maintain   
the dollar amount in effect under       
paragraph 7#a7 during the previous      
fiscal year4  7c7 ,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 appropriate1 without regard to 
whether the veteran submits to the      
,secretary a request for such waiver4  4
  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of 
sections at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by inserting after   
the item relating to section #agbb;,c   
the following new item3  #agbb;,d4      
,copayments3 prohibition on collection  

of under certain conditions2 waiver     
authority4  4  #c4 ,extension of certain
 limits on payments of pension ,section 
#eejc7;d77#g7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
,november #cj1 #bjca and inserting      
,february #bi1 #bjcb4  ,november #g1    
#bjbe,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed