38 U.S.C. § 1730A — Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans

(a) Prohibition .— Notwithstanding subsections (f) and (g) of section 1710 and section 1722A(a) of this title or any other provision of law, the Secretary^* may not require a covered veteran^* to make any copayment for the receipt of hospital care^* or medical services^* under the laws administered by the Secretary. (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 )).