Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/3323

 118 STAT. 3293 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 may require, current, accurate third party reimbursement informa tion for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such care or services from any person who does not make such disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are received. SEC. 113. Of the amounts provided in this Act, $25,000,000 shall be for information technology initiatives to support the enter prise architecture of the Department of Veterans Affairs. SEC. 114. None of the funds made available to the Department in this Act, or any other Act, may be used to implement sections 2 and 5 of Public Law 107–287. SEC. 115. (a) Hereafter receipts that would otherwise be cred ited to the accounts listed in subsection (c) shall be deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund, and shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Medical services’’ account, in fiscal year 2005 and subsequent years, to remain available until expended, to carry out the purposes of the ‘‘Medical services’’ account. (b) The unobligated balances in the accounts listed in subsection (c), shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Medical services’’ account in fiscal year 2005 and subsequent years, and remain available until expended, to carry out the purposes of the ‘‘Medical services’’ account: Provided, That the obligated balances in these accounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and shall remain available until expended. (c) Veterans Extended Care Revolving Fund; Medical Facilities Revolving Fund; Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Fund; Nursing Home Revolving Fund; Veterans Health Services Improve ment Fund; and Parking Revolving Fund. SEC. 116. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct by contract a program of recovery audits for the fee basis and other medical services contracts with respect to payments for hos pital care. Notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result of such audits shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes for which funds are appropriated under ‘‘Medical services’’ and the purposes of paying a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a result of an audit carried out by the contractor. (b) All amounts so collected under subsection (a) with respect to a designated health care region (as that term is defined in section 1729A(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code) shall be allo cated, net of payments to the contractor, to that region. SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced use leasing activities (including disposal) that are deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund may be transferred and merged with ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations and improve ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’. Contracts. Health and health care. 38 USC 1729A note.

�