Bars the VA from collecting health care copayments from veterans when the VA's failure to give timely notice or to report amounts above a set threshold caused the delay, and lets the Secretary waive copayments in appropriate cases.

• Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a copayment for hospital care or medical services received more than two years earlier when the VA failed to give timely notice of the copayment.
• Applies the same bar when the veteran's total copayments owed exceed $2,000, a threshold that rises each fiscal year by the prior year's Consumer Price Index increase and stays flat if the index does not rise.
• Allows the Secretary to waive a copayment in any case the Secretary determines is appropriate, whether or not the veteran asks for a waiver.
• Extends the November 30, 2031 date in section 5503(d)(7) of title 38 to February 29, 2032.

• Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)

Armed Forces and National Security