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 PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986

100 STAT. 385

"(iv) a program, plan, or policy under a law described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of such subsection. "(2) The term 'payment' includes reimbursement and indemnification. "(3) The term 'third party' means— "(A) a State or political subdivision of a State; "(B) an employer or an employer's insurance carrier;, ^. "(C) an automobile accident reparations insurance carrier; or "(D) a person obligated to provide, or to pay the expenses of, health services under a health-plan contract.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 38 USC 629 note. section 629 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall apply to care and services provided on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2)(A) Such section shall not apply so as to nullify any provision of Contracts. a health-plan contract {as defined in subsection (i) of such section) that— (i) was entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act; and (ii) is not modified or renewed on or after such date. (B) In the case of a health-plan contract (as so defined) that was entered into before such date and which is modified or renewed on or after such date, the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply— (i) with respect to such plan as of the day after the date that it is so modified or renewed; and (ii) with respect to care and services provided after such date of modification or renewal. (3) For purposes of paragraph (2), the term "modified" includes any change in premium or coverage. (c) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than six months after the date of the 38 USC 629 note. enactment of this Act, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the process for and results of the implementation of section 629 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a). Such report shall show the costs of administration (and a detailed breakdown of such costs) and the amount of receipts and collections under such section. (2) Not later than February 1, 1988, the Administrator shall submit to such Committees a report— (A) updating the information in the report submitted under paragraph (1); and (B) providing information on the process and results of such implementation through at least the end of fiscal year 1987,

Subtitle B—Miscellaneous Provisions SEC. 19031. STUDY OF EFFECT OF VIETNAM EXPERIENCE ON HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN VIETNAM VETERANS.

(a) REQUIREMENT FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY.—(1)(A) Except as 38 USC 219 note. provided in paragraph (2), the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall provide for the conduct of an epidemiological study of any long-term adverse health effects (particularly gender-specific health effects) which have been experienced by women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States in the Republic of Vietnam

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