PUBLIC LAW 97-174—MAY 4, 1982 "(f) At the time the President's Budget is transmitted to Congress in any year pursuant to section 201(a) of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11(a)), the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense shall submit a joint report to Congress on the implementation of this section during the fiscal year that ended during the previous calendar year. Each such report shall include— "(1) the guidelines prescribed under subsection (c) of this section (and any revision of such guidelines); "(2) the assessment of further opportunities identified under clause (B) of subsection (b)(3) of this section for sharing of health-care resources between the agencies; "(3) any recommendation made under subsection (b)(4) of this section during such fiscal year; "(4) a review of the sharing agreements entered into under subsection (d) of this section and a summary of activities under such agreements during such fiscal year; "(5) a summary of other planning and activities involving either agency in connection with promoting the coordination and sharing of Federal health-care resources during the preceding fisc£d year; and "(6) such recommendations for legislation as the Administrator and the Secretary consider appropriate to facilitate the sharing of health-care resources between the agencies. "(g) For the purposes of this section: "(1) The term 'beneficiary' means a person who is a primary beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration or of the Department of Defense. "(2) The term 'direct health care' means health care provided to a beneficiary in a medical facility operated by the Veterans' Administration or the Department of Defense. "(3) The term 'head of a medical facility' (A) with respect to a medical facility of the Veterans' Administration, means the director of the facility, and (B) with respect to a medical facility of the Department of Defense, means the medical or dental officer in charge or the contract surgeon in charge. "(4) The term 'health-care resource' includes hospital care, medical services, and rehabilitative services, as those terms are defined in paragraphs (5), (6), and (8), respectively, of section 601 of this title, any other health-care service, and any healthcare support or administrative resource. "(5) The term 'primary beneficiary' (A) with respect to the Veterans' Administration means a person who is eligible under this title (other than under section 611(b) or 613 or subsection (d) of this section) or any other provision of law for care or services in Veterans' Administration medical facilities, and (B) with respect to the Department of Defense, means a member or former member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for care under section 1074 of title 10. "(6) The term 'providing agency' means the Veterans' Administration, in the case of care or services furnished by a facility of the Veterans' Administration, and the Department of Defense, in the case of care or services furnished by a facility of the Department of Defense.". (b)(l) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:
96 STAT. 73 Report to Congress.
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