[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 763 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session S. 763 To amend section 1729 of title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs medical care cost-recovery program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 2 (legislative day, March 3), 1993 Mr. Durenberger introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend section 1729 of title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs medical care cost-recovery program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO RECOVER COSTS FOR CARE PROVIDED TO CERTAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES. Section 1729(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out ``August 1, 1994,''. SEC. 2. CREDITING OF THIRD-PARTY PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. Paragraph (4) of section 1729(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``(4)(A) The unobligated balance remaining in the Fund at the close of business on September 30 of any fiscal year which is in excess of any part of such balance that the Secretary determines is necessary in order to enable the Secretary to defray, during the next fiscal year, the expenses, payments, and costs described in paragraph (3) shall, not later than January 1 of the next fiscal year, be deposited to the credit of appropriations available for the operation of Department medical centers, to be allocated to each medical center in proportion to the amounts credited to the Fund during the previous fiscal year that were attributable to care and services furnished through each such medical center. ``(B) Amounts credited under subparagraph (A) may not be offset by reductions in amounts otherwise available to the centers referred to in that subparagraph or in the total amount of funds to be made available to the Department for health care and medical services.''. <all>