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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 211 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limitations on copay- |
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| 6 | 6 | | ments for contraception furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY6, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ROWNLEY(for herself, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. CHERFILUS- |
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| 12 | 12 | | M |
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| 13 | 13 | | CCORMICK, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. PETERS, Mr. |
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| 14 | 14 | | K |
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| 15 | 15 | | HANNA, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and Ms. S |
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| 17 | 17 | | CHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 18 | 18 | | to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 19 | 19 | | A BILL |
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| 20 | 20 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limita- |
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| 21 | 21 | | tions on copayments for contraception furnished by the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Access to Con-4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | traception for Veterans Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:37 Jan 28, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H211.IH H211 |
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| 29 | 29 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 211 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON COPAYMENTS FOR CONTRACEP-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | TION. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 1722A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | is amended— 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) by striking ‘‘to pay’’ and all that follows 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | through the period and inserting ‘‘to pay—’’; and 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | paragraphs: 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(A) an amount in excess of the cost to the 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Secretary for medication described in paragraph (1); 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | or 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(B) an amount for any contraceptive item for 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | which coverage under health insurance coverage is 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | required without the imposition of any cost-sharing 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | requirement pursuant to section 2713(a)(4) of the 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg– 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 13(a)(4)).’’. 17 |
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