Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1972) to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1972 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``VA Billing Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO WAIVE REQUIREMENT OF CERTAIN VETERANS TO MAKE COPAYMENTS FOR CARE AND SERVICES IN THE CASE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ERROR. (a) Hospital Care, Nursing Home Care, and Medical Services.--Section 1710(f)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(G) The Secretary may waive the requirement of a veteran to make a payment under this subsection or subsection (g) if-- ``(i) an error committed by the Department or an employee of the Department was the cause of delaying notification sent to the veteran of the requirement to make the payment; and ``(ii) the veteran received such notification later than 180 days after the date on which the veteran received the care or services for which the payment was required.''.…”