EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION OF HEALTH CARE COSTS FROM THIRD-PARTY PAYERS.

SEC. 713. EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION OF HEALTH CARE COSTS FROM THIRD-PARTY PAYERS. (a) Collection Changes.—Subsection (g) of section 1095 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting after “collected under this section from a third party payer” the following: “or under any other provision of law from any other payer”; and (2) by inserting before the period the following: “and shall not be taken into consideration in establishing the operating budget of the facility”. (b) Definitions.—Subsection (h) of such section is amended— 107 STAT. 1690 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after “includes” the following: “a preferred provider organization and”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) The term ‘health care services’ includes products provided or purchased through a facility of the uniformed services.”. (c) Report on Collections.—Subsection (g) of such section (as amended by subsection (a)) is further amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(g)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Not later than February 15 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report specifying for each facility of the uniformed services the amount credited to the facility under this subsection during the preceding fiscal year.”