EXCLUSION FOR LOW-INCOME VETERANS FROM MEDICATION COPAYMENT REQUIREMENT.

SEC. 605. EXCLUSION FOR LOW-INCOME VETERANS FROM MEDICATION COPAYMENT REQUIREMENT. (a) Exclusion.— Section 1722A(a) is amended— (1) by striking out “(other than” and all that follows through “or more”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply— “(A) to a veteran with a service-connected disability rated 50 percent or more; or “(B) to a veteran whose annual income (as determined under section 1503 of this title) does not exceed the maximum annual rate of pension which would be payable to such veteran if such veteran were eligible for pension under section 1521 of this title.”. (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to medication furnished after the date of the enactment of this Act.