Sec. 727. Consistency in accounting for medical reimbursements received by military medical treatment facilities from other Federal agencies
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Section 1085 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting reimbursement ; charges for care by striking If a member and inserting
(a); Collection of fees .—(1) If a member in subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (2)— by striking inpatient medical or dental care in a facility and inserting inpatient or outpatient medical or dental care at or through a facility ; by striking the appropriation for and inserting the executive department ; by striking shall be reimbursed and inserting shall charge and collect fees ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Amounts collected by an executive department under paragraph
(1)shall be credited to the appropriation account currently available for obligation that is used to support the maintenance and operation of facilities at or through which the executive department provided the medical or dental care described in such paragraph. ; and by adding at the end the following new subsections: If an executive department incurs expenses in providing medical or dental care described in paragraph
(2)or (3), the executive department may charge and collect fees at rates established by the Secretary of such department to reflect the cost of providing or making available the care, as determined by such Secretary. The care described in this paragraph is inpatient or outpatient medical or dental care provided at or through a facility under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense to a person who is entitled to receive medical or dental care at a facility under the jurisdiction of another Federal agency. The care described in this paragraph is inpatient or outpatient medical or dental care provided at or through a facility under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency that is not the Department of Defense to a person who— is entitled to receive medical or dental care at a facility under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense under section 1074 of this title; or is a covered beneficiary, as that term is defined in section 1072 of this title. Authority provided by subsections (a)(1) and
(b)may be exercised— in conjunction with authority for healthcare resource sharing provided to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the mutually beneficial coordination, use, or exchange of use of health care resources under section 1104 of this title and section 8111 of title 38; and in lieu of and notwithstanding section 717(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note). . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1085 and inserting the following new item: 1085. Medical and dental care from another executive department: charges for care. .
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Consistency in accounting for medical reimbursements received by military medical treatment facilities from other Federal agencies
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