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”; (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) [38 U.S.C. 1701] 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) [38 U.S.C. 1730A note] 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.