113 STAT. 1556 PUBLIC LAW 106-117—NOV. 30, 1999 "(D) An automobile accident reparations insurance csirrier. "(E) A person or entity obligated to provide, or to pay the expenses of, health services under a health-plan contract.", (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Section 1729A(b) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: "(5) Section 1725 of this title.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1724 the following new item: "1725. Reimbursement for emergency treatment.". 38 USC 1725 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by this section note. shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 38 USC 1725 (d) IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS.— The Secretary shall include iiote. with the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs budget for fiscal year 2002 and for fiscal year 2003 a report on the implementation of section 1725 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). Each such report shall include information on the experience of the Department under that section and the costs incurred, and expected to be incurred, under that section. SEC. 112. ELIGIBILITY FOR CARE OF COMBAT-INJURED VETERANS. Chapter 17 is amended— (1) in section 1710(a)(2)(D), by inserting "or who was awarded the Purple Heart" after "former prisoner of war"; and (2) in section 1705(a)(3), by inserting "or who were awarded the Purple Heart" after "former prisoners of war". 38 USC 8111 SEC. 113. ACCESS TO CARE FOR TRICARE-ELIGIBLE MILITARY note. RETIREES. (a) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement (characterized as a memorandum of understanding or otherwise) with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to the provision of medical care by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to eligible military retirees in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c). That agreement shall include provisions for reimbursement of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by the Secretary of Defense for medical care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to an eligible military retiree and may include such other provisions with respect to the terms and conditions of such care as may be agreed upon by the two Secretaries. (2) Reimbursement under the agreement under paragraph (1) shall be in accordance with rates agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Such reimbursement may be made by the Secretary of Defense or by the appropriate TRICARE Managed Care Support contractor, as determined in accordance with that agreement. (3) In entering into the agreement under paragraph (1), particularly with respect to determination of the rates of reimbursement
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