VA · va-other · Published 2011-12-20 · Effective 2011-12-20 · 76 FR 78824
Document
Document number
2011-32532
Federal Register citation
76 FR 78824
CFR reference
38 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule.
Category
va-other
Agency
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Publication date
2011-12-20
Effective date
2011-12-20
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its medical regulations concerning the copayment required for certain medications. Under current regulations, beginning on January 1, 2012, the copayment amount must be increased based on the prescription drug component of the Medical Consumer Price Index, and the maximum annual copayment amount must be increased when the copayment is increased. A prior action "froze" the copayment amount for veterans in VA's health care system enrollment priority categories 2 through 6 and allowed for increased copayments, as required by the current regulation, only for veterans in priority categories 7 and 8. This document freezes copayments at the current rate for veterans in priority categories 2 through 6 for the next 12 months, and thereafter resumes increasing copayments in accordance with any change in the prescription drug component of the Medical Consumer Price Index (CPI-P).