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 124 STAT. 1164 PUBLIC LAW 111–163—MAY 5, 2010 (B) If an individual enrolled in the dental insurance plan is prevented by a serious medical condition from being able to obtain benefits under the dental insurance plan. (C) Such other circumstances as the Secretary shall prescribe for purposes of this subsection. (3) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall establish procedures for determinations on the permissibility of voluntary disenrollments under paragraph (1)(B). Such proce- dures shall ensure timely determinations on the permissibility of such disenrollments. (j) RELATIONSHIP TO DENTAL CARE PROVIDED BY SECRETARY.— Nothing in this section shall affect the responsibility of the Sec- retary to provide dental care under section 1712 of title 38, United States Code, and the participation of an individual in the dental insurance plan under the pilot program shall not affect the individ- ual’s entitlement to outpatient dental services and treatment, and related dental appliances, under that section. (k) REGULATIONS.—The dental insurance plan under the pilot program shall be administered under such regulations as the Sec- retary shall prescribe. SEC. 511. PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION OF COPAYMENTS FROM VET- ERANS WHO ARE CATASTROPHICALLY DISABLED. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 17 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘§ 1730A. Prohibition on collection of copayments from cata- strophically disabled veterans ‘‘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 veteran who is catastrophically dis- abled, as defined by the Secretary, to make any copayment for the receipt of hospital care or medical services under the laws administered by the Secretary.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin- ning of chapter 17 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1730 the following new item: ‘‘1730A. Prohibition on collection of copayments from catastrophically disabled vet- erans.’’. SEC. 512. HIGHER PRIORITY STATUS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WHO ARE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS. Section 1705(a)(3) is amended by inserting ‘‘veterans who were awarded the medal of honor under section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or section 491 of title 14,’’ after ‘‘the Purple Heart,’’. SEC. 513. HOSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURSING HOME CARE FOR CERTAIN VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS EXPOSED TO HERBICIDE AND VETERANS OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR. Section 1710(e) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)(F)—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(C) in the case’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)(F) in the case’’; and (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of the former subparagraph (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph (3) and by realigning the margin of such new subparagraphs two ems to the left; and