1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Native American Veteran Parity in Access to Care Today Act” or the “Native American Veteran PACT Act”.
Native American Veteran Parity in Access to Care Today Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of a health care copayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran who is a member of an Indian Tribe.
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
In general— Section 1730A of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in the heading, by striking “catastrophically disabled” and inserting “certain”;
by inserting “(a) Prohibition.—” before “Notwithstanding”;
by striking “a veteran who is catastrophically disabled, as defined by the Secretary,” and inserting “a covered veteran”; and
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 (25 U.S.C. 1603)).”
Clerical 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 new item:
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.