,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cf  #aaeth 
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cfi 
,report ,no4 #aae-fe  ,,in ,,the ,,house
 ,,of ,,representatives  ,january #i1   
#bjag ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,march #bi1 #bjag ,additional         
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,meehan1 ,mr4 ,knight1   
,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,tipton1 ,mr4   
,bilirakis1 and ,ms4 ,sinema  ,march    
#bi1 #bjag ,reported with an amendment1 
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed       
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,january 
#i1 #bjag  ,a ,,bill  ,to eliminate the 
sunset of the ,veterans ,choice         
,program1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,elimination of sunset of the ,veterans 
,choice ,program ,section #aja7p77#b7 of
 the ,veterans ,access1 ,choice1 and    

,accountability ,act of #bjad 7,public  
,law #aac-adf2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note7
 is amended by striking all that follows
 section #hjb and inserting a period4   
#b4 ,elimination of requirement to act  
as secondary payer for care relating to 
non-service-connected disabilities and  
recovery of costs for certain care under
 ,choice ,program  7a7 ,in general      
,section #aja7;e7 of the ,veterans      
,access1 ,choice1 and ,accountability   
,act of #bjad 7,public ,law #aac-adf2   
#ch ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note7 is amended--  
7#a7 in the subsection heading1 by      
striking ,other health-,care plan and   
inserting ,responsibility for costs of  
certain care2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#a71  
in the paragraph heading1 by striking to
 ,secretary and inserting on health-care
 plans2  7#c7 by striking paragraphs    
7#b7 and 7#c72  7#d7 by redesignating   
paragraph 7#d7 as paragraph 7#b72 and   
7#e7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#c7 ,recovery of costs 
for certain care  7,a7 ,in general ,in  

any case in which an eligible veteran is
 furnished hospital care or medical     
services under this section for a       
non-service-connected disability        
described in subsection 7a77#b7 of      
section #agbi of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 or for a condition for   
which recovery is authorized or with    
respect to which the ,united ,states is 
deemed to be a third party beneficiary  
under ,public ,law #hg-fic1 commonly    
known as the ,federal ,medical ,care    
,recovery ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bfea et  
seq471 the ,secretary shall recover or  
collect from a third party 7as defined  
in subsection 7i7 of such section #agbi7
 reasonable charges for such care or    
services to the extent that the veteran 
7or the provider of the care or         
services7 would be eligible to receive  
payment for such care or services from  
such third party if the care or services
 had not been furnished by a department 
or agency of the ,united ,states4  7,b7 
,use of amounts ,amounts collected by   

the ,secretary under subparagraph 7,a7  
shall be deposited in the ,medical      
,community ,care account of the         
,department4 ,amounts so deposited shall
 remain available until expended4  4    
7b7 ,conforming amendment ,paragraph    
7#a7 of such section is amended by      
striking paragraph 7#d7 and inserting   
paragraph 7#b74  #c4 ,authority to      
disclose certain medical records of     
veterans who receive non-,department of 
,veterans ,affairs health care ,section 
#gccb7;b77#b7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,h7 7i7 ,to a non-,department entity   
7including private entities and other   
,federal agencies7 that provides        
hospital care or medical services to    
veterans4  7ii7 ,an entity to which a   
record is disclosed under this          
subparagraph may not redisclose or use  
such record for a purpose other than    
that for which the disclosure was made4 
4  ,march #bi1 #bjag ,reported with an  

amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed