Sec. 111. Continuity of care and existing agreements
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Notwithstanding section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure veterans do not experience a delay or lapse in care or services by continuing the following: All contracts, memorandums of understanding, and memorandums of agreements that were in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the American Indian and Alaska Native health care systems as established under the auspices of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service Memorandum of Understanding, signed October 1, 2010.
The National Reimbursement Agreement, signed December 5, 2012. Agreements that were in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act and entered into under section 101, 102, or 103 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146 ). Agreements that were in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act for the purpose of dialysis treatment, only if the contracts or agreements established under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act, do not stipulate that such treatments be furnished by providers under such contracts or agreements.
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(a)shall not be construed to prohibit the Secretary and the parties to the contracts, agreements, memorandums of understanding, and memorandums of agreements described in such subsection from making such changes to such contracts, agreements, memorandums of understanding, and memorandums of agreements as may be otherwise authorized pursuant to other provisions of law or the terms of the contracts, agreements, memorandums of understanding, and memorandums of agreements. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall give health care providers who are providing hospital care, medical services, or extended care services pursuant to a contract with the Secretary under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, the opportunity to furnish hospital care, medical services, or extended care services under such section as amended by section 101 of this Act.
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