IIB
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2623
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 31, 2007
Received
August 3, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of copayments for all hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Prohibition on collection of copayments for all hospice care furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs
Title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in section 1710(f)(1), by inserting
(except if such care constitutes hospice care)
after
nursing home care
;
in
section 1710(g)(1), by inserting (except if such services constitute
hospice care)
after medical services
; and
in section 1710B(c)(2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B):
to a veteran being furnished inpatient or outpatient hospice care by the Department; or
.
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2007.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.