REMOVE Copays Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 27, 2022
Last action Sep 27, 2022
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Total actions
2
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Committee
1
Sep 27, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
upper
Sep 27, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jon Ossoff
DDemocratic
Co
John Thune
RRepublican
Co
Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
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