H.R. 3812

119 HR 3812 IH: Stop Troubling Retroactive Invoices for Veteran Expenses Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-06
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 3812
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 June 6, 2025
  Mr. Gray  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
 A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, 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 standards, and for other purposes.
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:
the Secretary may not require—
(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)
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.
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