Veterans Administration and Department of Defense Health Resources Sharing and Emergency Operations Act

(Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment) Veterans' Administration and Department of Defense Health Resources Sharing and Emergency Operations Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to direct the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans Administration and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to form an interagency committee to oversee opportunities for sharing the medical resources of the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary to jointly establish guidelines for the sharing of medical resources by health care facilities of the Administration and the Department. Requires such guidelines to include provisions for cooperative sharing agreements with such health care facilities explicitly defining the care to be provided on a reimbursable basis. Directs the Administration and the Secretary to submit an annual joint report to Congress setting forth the guidelines prescribed, the opportunities for interagency sharing agreements, and the progress of interagency activities to share medical resources. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to give a higher priority to the furnishing of medical care and services to members of the armed forces on active duty during a period of war or national emergency than to all veterans but those with service-connected disabilities. Permits the Administrator, upon presidential authorization, to contract with private facilities for the provision of priority care. Requires the Department of Defense to reimburse the Veterans Administration for the provision of such care. Directs the Administrator to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to pursue planning activities and establish procedures and guidelines for the sharing of Veterans Administration and armed forces facilities. Requires the completion of such plans and their submission to the appropriate committees of Congress within a year. Requires the Secretary and Administrator to review such plans at least annually and to report to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of any modifications. Directs the Administrator to submit to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of a declaration of war or national emergency a report on the allocation of facilities to provide priority care and medical services. Requires reports any year the authority to contract with private facilities is used. Continues an eligible veterans' entitlement to correspondence training at the established level unless such benefit is expressly limited. Designates the Veterans Administration medical center in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans' Medical Center.

(Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 3502) Veterans' Administration and Department of Defense Medical Sharing Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to direct the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to form an interagency committee to oversee opportunities for sharing the medical resources of the Veterans' Administration and the Department of Defense. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary to jointly establish guidelines for the sharing of medical resources by health care facilities of the Administration and the Department. Requires such guidelines to include provisions for cooperative sharing agreements with such health care facilities explicitly defining the care to be provided on a reimbursable basis. Directs the Administration and the Secretary to submit an annual joint report to Congress setting forth the guidelines prescribed, the opportunities for interagency sharing agreements, and the progress of interagency activities to share medical resources. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, upon authorization by the President, to give a higher priority to the furnishing of medical care and services to members of the armed forces on active duty during a period of war or national emergency than to all veterans but those with service-connected disabilities. Permits the Administrator to contract with private facilities for the provision of priority care. Requires the Department of Defense to reimburse the Veterans Administration for the provision of such care. Directs the Administrator to maintain current plans for the provision of hospital care and medical services to members of the armed forces, including provisions to ensure that VA facilities will be ready to accept such members within 48 hours of a declaration of war or national emergency by the President. Requires the Secretary and Administrator to review such plans at least annually and to report to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of any modifications. Directs the Administrator to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to pursue planning activities and establish procedures and guidelines for the sharing of Veterans' Administration and armed forces facilities.

(Measure passed Senate, amended) Veterans' Administration and Department of Defense Health-Care Resources Sharing Act - Establishes a Veterans' Administration/Department of Defense Health-Care Resources Coordination Committee, an interagency committee to provide guidance and to develop plans for the most effective utilization of such resources during war or a national emergency. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to jointly establish guidelines for sharing agreements for each health-care facility of an agency for the care of eligible beneficiaries of the other agency. Requires the costs of such care to be reimbursed. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary to submit annually to Congress a report on the implementation of such program. Permits the Administrator to give higher priority to furnishing hospital care and medical services to members of the armed forces involved in armed conflict during a declared period of war or national emergency. Requires that the costs of such care be reimbursed to the Veterans' Administration by the Department of Defense. Directs the Administrator to submit to the appropriate congressional committees within 90 days of such declaration a report on the allocation of facilities to provide priority care and periodic reports on contracting with private facilities. Designates the Veterans' Administration medical center in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans' Medical Center. Continues an eligible veterans' entitlement to correspondence training at the established level unless such benefit is expressly limited.

(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 97-196) Veterans' Administration and Department of Defense Health-Care Resources Sharing Act - Establishes a Veterans' Administration/Department of Defense Health-Care Resources Coordination Committee, an interagency committee to provide guidance and to develop plans for the most effective utilization of such resources during war or a national emergency. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to jointly establish guidelines for sharing agreements for each health-care facility of an agency for the care of eligible beneficiaries of the other agency. Requires the costs of such care to be reimbursed. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary to submit annually to Congress a report on the implementation of such program. Permits the Administrator to give higher priority to furnishing hospital care and medical services to members of the armed forces involved in armed conflict during a declared period of war or national emergency. Requires that the costs of such care be reimbursed to the Veterans' Administration by the Department of Defense. Directs the Administrator to submit to the appropriate congressional committees within 90 days of such declaration a report on the allocation of facilities to provide priority care and periodic reports on contracting with private facilities.

Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1981 - Establishes the Federal Interagency Medical Resources Committee to be composed of the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs or their designees. Directs the Committee: (1) to evaluate the opportunities for the interagency sharing of health resources between the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration; (2) to prescribe policies and procedures for such interagency sharing; and (3) within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to prescribe guidelines for such interagency sharing to the directors of health care facilities of the Department and the Administration. Requires such guidelines to provide that: (1) the director of each facility shall enter into cooperative arrangements for providing health care to beneficiaries of other facilities; (2) the availability of medical care to beneficiaries of an agency other than the providing agency shall be on a referral basis; and (3) an agency shall be reimbursed for a medical service provided to a beneficiary of another agency. Directs the Committee to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of each House of Congress an annual report regarding interagency medical resource sharing activities.