38 USC § 1730A - Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1730A"
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title: "38 USC § 1730A - Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1730A"
section_name: "Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VETERANS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 111–163, title V, § 511(a), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1164; amended Pub. L. 116–315, title III, § 3002(a), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4990.)"
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# § 1730A. Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans

**(a)** **Prohibition.—** Notwithstanding subsections (f) and (g) of section 1710 and section 1722A(a) of this title or any other provision of law, the Secretary may not require a covered veteran to make any copayment for the receipt of hospital care or medical services under the laws administered by the Secretary.

**(b)** **Covered Veteran Defined.—** In this section, the term “covered veteran” means a veteran who—

**(1)** is catastrophically disabled, as defined by the Secretary; or

**(2)** is an Indian or urban Indian (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 111–163, title V, § 511(a), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1164; amended Pub. L. 116–315, title III, § 3002(a), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4990.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— substituted “certain” for “catastrophically disabled” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, substituted “a covered veteran” for “a veteran who is catastrophically disabled, as defined by the Secretary,”, and added subsec. (b).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

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