PUBLIC LAW 104-262—OCT. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 3185 during fiscal year 1997. The Secretary shall establish those information systems in time to include assessments under such systems in the report required under subsection (b). (b) REPORT.— Not later than March 1, 1998, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report reflecting the experience of the Department during fiscal year 1997 on— (1) the effect of implementation of, and provision and management of care under, sections 101, 103, and 104 (including the amendments made by those sections) on demand for health care services from the Department of Veterans Affairs by veterans described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 1710(a) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 101; (2) any differing patterns of demand on the part of such veterans relating to such factors as relative distance from Department facilities and prior experience, or lack of experience, as recipients of care from the Department; (3) the extent to which the Department has met such demand for care; and (4) changes in health-care delivery patterns in Department facilities and the fiscal impact of such changes. (c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED. —The report under subsection (b) shall include detailed information with respect to fiscal year 1997 regarding the following: (1) The number of veterans enrolled for care at each Department medical facility and, of such veterans, the number enrolled at each such facility who had not received care from the Department during the preceding three fiscal years. (2) With respect to the veterans who had not received care from the Department during the three preceding fiscal years, the total cost of providing care to such veterans, shown in total and separately (A) by level of care, and (B) by reference to whether care was furnished in Department facilities or under contract arrangements. (3) With respect to the number of veterans described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 1710(a) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 101, who applied for health care from the Department during fiscal year 1997— (A) the number who applied for care (shown in total and separately by facility); (B) the number who were denied enrollment (shown in total and separately by facility); and (C) the number who were denied care which was considered to be medically necessary but not of an emergency nature (shown in total and separately by facility). (4) The numbers and characteristics of, and the type and extent of health care furnished to, veterans enrolled for care (shown in total and separately by facility). (5) The numbers and characteristics of, and the type and extent of health care furnished to, veterans not enrolled for care (shown separately by reference to each class of eligibility, both in total and separately by facility). (6) The specific fiscal impact (shown in total and by geographic health-care delivery areas) of changes in delivery patterns instituted under the amendments made by this title.
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