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.

SEC. 3002. 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”;134 STAT. 4991(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 (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: “1730A. Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans.”. (c) Effective Date.—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.