Sec. 105. Access to walk-in care
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Chapter 17 is amended by inserting after section 1725 the following new section: The Secretary shall develop procedures to ensure that eligible veterans are able to access walk-in care from qualifying non-Department entities or providers. For purposes of this section, an eligible veteran is any individual who— is enrolled in the health care system established under section 1705(a) of this title; and has received care under this chapter within the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of walk-in care under this section.
For purposes of this section, a qualifying non-Department entity or provider is a non-Department entity or provider that has entered into a contract or other agreement with the Secretary to furnish services under this section. Whenever practicable, the Secretary may use a Federally-qualified health center (as defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B) )) to carry out this section. The Secretary shall ensure continuity of care for those veterans who receive walk-in care services under this section, including through the establishment of a mechanism to receive medical records from walk-in care providers and provide pertinent patient medical records to providers of walk-in care.
The Secretary shall require all eligible veterans to pay the United States a copayment for each episode of hospital care and medical service provided under this section if otherwise required to pay a copayment under this title. Those not required to pay a copayment under this title may access walk-in care without a copayment for the first two visits in a calendar year. For any additional visits, a copayment at an amount determined by the Secretary shall be paid. For those veterans required to pay a copayment under title 38, they are required to pay their regular copayment for their first two walk-in care visits in a calendar year.
For any additional visits, a higher copayment at an amount determined by the Secretary shall be paid. After the first two episodes of care furnished to a veteran under this section, the Secretary may adjust the copayment required of the veteran under this subsection based upon the priority group of enrollment of the veteran, the number of episodes of care furnished to the veteran during a year, and other factors the Secretary considers appropriate under this section. The amount or amounts of the copayments required under this subsection shall be prescribed by the Secretary by rule.
Section 8153(c) of this title shall not apply to this subsection. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 , the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section. In this section, the term walk-in care means non-emergent care provided by a qualifying non-Department entity or provider that furnishes episodic care and not longitudinal management of conditions and is otherwise defined through regulations the Secretary shall promulgate. .
Section 1725A of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a)shall take effect on the date upon which final regulations implementing such section take effect. The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item related to section 1725 the following new item: §1725A. Access to walk-in care. .
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