Sec. 123. Authority to pay for authorized care not subject to an agreement

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Subchapter IV of chapter 81 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: If, in the course of furnishing hospital care, a medical service, or an extended care service authorized by the Secretary and pursuant to a contract, agreement, or other arrangement with the Secretary, a provider that is not a party to the contract, agreement, or other arrangement furnishes hospital care, a medical service, or an extended care service that the Secretary considers necessary, the Secretary may compensate the provider for the cost of such care or service. Whenever the Secretary compensates a provider under subsection

(a)for the furnishing of hospital care, a medical service, or an extended care service, the care coordination team that coordinated the furnishing of such care or service under section 1703(e)(1) of this title shall— submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the furnishing of such care; and analyze the future demand for such care or service from such provider. The Secretary shall take reasonable efforts to enter into a contract, agreement, or other arrangement with a provider described in subsection

(a)to ensure that future care and services authorized by the Secretary and furnished by the provider are subject to such a contract, agreement, or other arrangement. In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. The terms hospital care and medical service have the meanings given such terms in section 1701 of this title. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8158 the following new item: 8159. Authority to pay for services authorized but not subject to an agreement. .