[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1125 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1125

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that amounts 
collected with respect to the provision of health care at a Department 
  of Veterans Affairs medical center may be retained by that medical 
                                center.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 1997

  Mr. English of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Watts of 
  Oklahoma, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. 
    Gilman, Mr. Klink, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. 
Ackerman, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Frelinghuysen, and Mr. Houghton) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that amounts 
collected with respect to the provision of health care at a Department 
  of Veterans Affairs medical center may be retained by that medical 
                                center.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RETENTION BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTERS 
              OF MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY AMOUNTS.

    (a) Authority for Retention.--Section 1729(g)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) Amounts recovered or collected under this section with 
respect to the cost of the furnishing of care or services under this 
chapter at a facility of the Department shall be credited to amounts 
currently available for the furnishing of care and services under this 
chapter at that facility.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to amounts recovered or collected under section 1729 
of title 38, United States Code, after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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