third party payment collections

third party payment collections Sec. 803. Paragraph 2 of subsection (b) of such section is amended (1) by striking out the last 2 sentences of subparagraph (C), and (2) by adding after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: “(D) (i) The Secretary shall require as a condition to the approval of an application for the assignment of Corps personnel that the entity which submits the application enter into an appropriate arrangement with the Secretary under which the entity shall take such action as may be reasonable for the collection of payments for health services provided by Corps personnel, including if a Federal agency, an agency of a State or local government, or other third party would be responsible for payment of all or part of the cost of such health services if it had not been provided by Corps personnel under this section, the collection, on a fee-for-service or other basis, from such agency or third party the portion of such cost for which it would be so responsible (and in determining the amount of such cost which such agency or third party would be responsible, the health services provided by Corps personnel shall be considered as being provided by private practitioners). “(ii) Any funds collected by an entity under clause (i) shall be paid to the Secretary for deposit in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Such funds shall be disregarded in determining (I) the amounts of appropriations to be requested under subsection (h), and (II) the amounts to be made available from appropriations wider such subsection to carry out this section. The Secretary may waive in whole or in part the application of the requirement of the first sentence to an entity if he determines that compliance with such requirement would unduly limit the ability of the entity to maintain the quality or level of health services provided by Corps personnel.”.