indian health service and veterans’ administration health facilities and services sharing

indian health service and veterans’ administration health facilities and services sharing Sec. 710. Title VII, as amended by section 709 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “indian health service and veterans administration health facilities and services sharing “Sec. 716. (a) The Secretary shall examine the feasibility of entering into an arrangement for the sharing of medical facilities and services between the Indian Health Service and the Veterans’ Administration and shall, in accordance with subsection (b), prepare a report on the feasibility of such an arrangement and submit such report to the Congress by no later than September 30, 1990. “(b) The Secretary shall not take any action under this section or under subchapter IV of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, which would impair— “(1) the priority access of any Indian to health care services provided through the Indian Health Service; “(2) the quality of health care services provided to any Indian through the Indian Health Service; “(3) the priority access of any veteran to health care services provided by the Veterans’ Administration; “(4) the quality of health care services provided to any veteran by the Veterans’ Administration; “(5) the eligibility of any Indian to receive health services through the Indian Health Service; or “(6) the eligibility of any Indian who is a veteran to receive health services through the Veterans’ Administration. “(c)(1) Within 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Director of the Indian Health Service and the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs are authorized and directed to implement an agreement under which— “(A) individuals in the vicinity of Roosevelt, Utah, who are eligible for health care from the Veterans’ Administration could obtain health care services at the facilities of the Indian Health Service located at Fort Duchesne, Utah; and “(B) individuals eligible for health care from the Indian Health Service at Fort Duchesne, Utah, could obtain health care services at the Veterans’ Administration medical center located in Salt Lake City, Utah. “(2) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary and the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs 102 STAT. 4833 shall jointly submit a report to the Congress on the health care services provided as a result of paragraph (1). “(d) Nothing in this section may be construed as creating any right of a veteran to obtain health services from the Indian Health Service except as provided in an agreement under subsection (c).”.