S. 4951 · 117th Congress

Reduce and Eliminate Mental Health Outpatient Veteran Copays Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Jon Ossoff
Introduced
2022-09-27
Latest action
2022-09-27 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

Reduce and Eliminate Mental Health Outpatient Veteran Copays Act or the REMOVE Copays Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from imposing or collecting any co-payment for a veteran's first three mental health outpatient care visits in a calendar year. However, such prohibition must not apply with respect to the imposition or collection of copayments for medications.