# Exempting Mental Health Peer Support Services From Copayments
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Direct final rule. · Published 2014-11-28 · Effective 2015-01-27 · 79 FR 70938
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-27231
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 70938
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2014-11-28
- **Effective date:** 2015-01-27
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking final action to amend its regulation that sets forth the VA services that are not subject to copayment requirements for inpatient hospital care or outpatient medical care. Specifically, the regulation is amended to exempt mental health peer support services from having any required copayment. This removes a barrier that may have previously discouraged veterans from choosing to use mental health peer support services as a viable care option. VA believes that mental health peer support services are a valuable resource for veterans with mental health conditions and wants to ensure that veterans take full advantage of all resources available to them.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/11/28/2014-27231/exempting-mental-health-peer-support-services-from-copayments)
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