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kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 4908"
bill: "116-hr-4908"
heading: "Native American Veteran Parity in Access to Care Today Act"
from: "ih"
from_label: "Introduced in House"
to: "eh"
to_label: "Engrossed in House"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/116/hr/4908/changes/eh"
---

# H.R. 4908 — what changed

H.R. 4908, Native American Veteran Parity in Access to Care Today Act — 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Engrossed in House.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 2 Prohibition on collection of a health care copayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran who is a member of an Indian tribe

- (a) In general— Section 1730A of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
  - (1) in the heading, by striking “catastrophically disabled” and inserting “certain”;
  - (2) by inserting “(a) Prohibition.—” before “Notwithstanding”;
  - (3) by striking “a veteran who is catastrophically disabled, as defined by the Secretary,” and inserting “a covered veteran”; and
  - (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    - “(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 (Public Law 94–437; 25 U.S.C. 1603).”
- (b) Technical amendment— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1730A and inserting the following:
- (c) <ins>Delayed effective date—</ins> <ins>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the day that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</ins>