MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE FOR CERTAIN LOW-INCOME VETERANS.

SEC. 202. MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE FOR CERTAIN LOW-INCOME VETERANS. (a) Priority of Enrollment in Patient Enrollment System.—Section 1705(a) is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following new paragraphs: “(7) Veterans described in section 1710(a)(3) of this title who are eligible for treatment as a low-income family under section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)) for the area in which such veterans reside, regardless of whether such veterans are treated as single person families under paragraph (3)(A) of such section 3(b) or as families under paragraph (3)(B) of such section 3(b). “(8) Veterans described in section 1710(a)(3) of this title who are not covered by paragraph (7).”. (b) Reduced Copayments for Care.—Subsection (f) of section 1710 is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting “or (4)” after “paragraph (2)”; (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4): “(4) In the case of a veteran covered by this subsection who is also described by section 1705(a)(7) of this title, the amount for which the veteran shall be liable to the United States for hospital care under this subsection shall be an amount equal to 20 percent of the total amount for which the veteran would otherwise be liable for such care under subparagraphs (2)(B) and (3)(A) but for this paragraph.”. (c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2002.