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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 211
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limitations on copay-
ments for contraception furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY6, 2025
Ms. B
ROWNLEY(for herself, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. CHERFILUS-
M
CCORMICK, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
K
HANNA, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mrs. RAMIREZ,
and Ms. S
CHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limita-
tions on copayments for contraception furnished by the
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Access to Con-4
traception for Veterans Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON COPAYMENTS FOR CONTRACEP-1
TION. 2
Section 1722A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 3
is amended— 4
(1) by striking ‘‘to pay’’ and all that follows 5
through the period and inserting ‘‘to pay—’’; and 6
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-7
paragraphs: 8
‘‘(A) an amount in excess of the cost to the 9
Secretary for medication described in paragraph (1); 10
or 11
‘‘(B) an amount for any contraceptive item for 12
which coverage under health insurance coverage is 13
required without the imposition of any cost-sharing 14
requirement pursuant to section 2713(a)(4) of the 15
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg– 16
13(a)(4)).’’. 17
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