Collapse to view only § 1729. Recovery by the United States of the cost of certain care and services
- § 1721. Power to make rules and regulations
- § 1722. Determination of inability to defray necessary expenses; income thresholds
- § 1722A. Copayment for medications
- § 1722B. Copayments: waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans
- § 1722C. Copayments: prohibition on collection of copayments for first three mental health care outpatient visits of veterans
- § 1723. Furnishing of clothing
- § 1724. Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad
- § 1725. Reimbursement for emergency treatment
- § 1725A. Access to walk-in care
- § 1726. Reimbursement for loss of personal effects by natural disaster
- § 1727. Persons eligible under prior law
- § 1728. Reimbursement of certain medical expenses
- § 1729. Recovery by the United States of the cost of certain care and services
- § 1729A. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund
- § 1729B. Consolidated patient accounting centers
- § 1730. Community residential care
- § 1730A. Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans
- § 1730B. Access to State prescription drug monitoring programs
- § 1730C. Licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via telemedicine
Rules and regulations prescribed under section 501(a) of this title shall include rules and regulations to promote good conduct on the part of persons who are receiving hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care and medical services in Department facilities. The Secretary may prescribe in rules and regulations under such section limitations in connection with the furnishing of such care and services during a period of national emergency (other than a period of war or an emergency described in section 8111A of this title).
The Secretary may waive the imposition or collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary.
The Secretary shall not furnish clothing to persons who are in Department facilities, except (1) where the furnishing of such clothing to indigent persons is necessary to protect health or sanitation, and (2) where the Secretary furnishes veterans with special clothing made necessary by the wearing of prosthetic appliances.
The Secretary shall, under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, reimburse veterans in Department hospitals and domiciliaries for any loss of personal effects sustained by fire, earthquake, or other natural disaster while such effects were stored in designated locations in Department hospitals or domiciliaries.
Persons who have a status which would, under the laws in effect on December 31, 1957, entitle them to the medical services, hospital and domiciliary care, and other benefits, provided for in this chapter, but who do not meet the service requirements contained in this chapter, shall be entitled to such benefits notwithstanding failure to meet such service requirements.