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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6848 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the extent to which copay-
ments may be required for veterans receiving Whole Health well-being 
services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. DELUZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the extent 
to which copayments may be required for veterans receiv-
ing Whole Health well-being services, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Whole Health for Vet-
erans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COPAYMENTS FOR WHOLE HEALTH WELL-BEING 
SERVICES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress encourages fur-
ther development of the Whole Health program of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, which encourages veterans 
to proactively improve their health and wellness. Under 
the Department’s current policy, veterans in priority 
groups (1) through (5) are exempted from making copay-
ments under this program. It is the sense of Congress that 
the Department should provide all veterans with afford-
able access to Whole Health well-being services. 
(b) COPAYMENTS.—Subchapter III of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1730D. Copayments for Whole Health well-being 
services 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—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 re-
quire a veteran to make any copayment for the receipt 
by that veteran of Whole Health well-being services, except 
as provided in this section. 
‘‘(b) MONTHLY COPAYMENTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may require a vet-
eran to make a monthly copayment for the Whole 
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Health well-being services received by that veteran 
for that month. 
‘‘(2) MONTHLY
LIMIT.—The monthly copay-
ment may not exceed $30. 
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
PRIORITY 
GROUPS.—The Secretary may not require a veteran 
within priority group (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) in the 
system of enrollment under section 1705(a) of this 
title to make any copayment for the services received 
by that veteran. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Whole 
Health well-being services’ means— 
‘‘(1) educational and skill-building services that 
educate, instruct, and empower veterans to under-
stand and implement the principles and practices of 
Whole Health, such as Whole Health coaching, 
Whole Health partner sessions, and Whole Health 
education and skill-building courses; and 
‘‘(2) complementary and integrative health well- 
being services that promote health, well-being, and 
self-care independent of treatment of a specific med-
ical condition or diagnosis, such as guided imagery, 
meditation, Tai Chi/Qigong, and yoga for well- 
being.’’. 
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1730C the 
following new item: 
‘‘1730D. Copayments for Whole Health well-being services.’’. 
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