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Ill STAT. 1818 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 (A) The term "eligible individual" means any individual eligible for medical and dental care under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, including any member of the uniformed services entitled to such care under section 1074(a) of that title. (B) The terms "medical resource facility" and "facility mean the medical resource facility to be constructed and equipped pursuant to the agreement authorized by paragraph (C) The term "Hospital" meeins Gerald Champion Hospital, Alamogordo, New Mexico. (b) CONTENT OF AGREEMENT. —Any agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall specify, at a minimum, the following: (1) The relationship between the Hospital and the Secretary of the Air Force in the provision of health care services to eligible individuals in the medical resource facility, including— (A) whether or not the Secretary and the Hospital are to use and administer the facility jointly or independently; and (B) under what circumstances the Hospital is to act as a provider of health care services under the managed care option of the TRICARE program known as TRICi^E Prime. (2) Matters relating to the administration of the agreement, including— (A) the duration of the agreement; (B) the rights and obligations of the Secretary and the Hospital under the agreement, including any contracting or grievance procedures applicable under the agreement; (C) the types of care to be provided to eligible individuals under the agreement, including the cost to the Department of the Air Force of providing the care to eligible individuals during the term of the agreement; (D) the access of Air Force medical personnel to the facility under the agreement; (E) the rights and responsibilities of the Secretary and the Hospital upon termination of the agreement; and (F) any other matters jointly identified by the Secretary and the Hospital. (3) The nature of the arrangement between the Secretary and the Hospital with respect to the ownership of the facility and any property under the agreement, including— (A) the nature of that arrangement while the agreement is in force; (B) the nature of that arrsmgement upon termination of the agreement; and (C) any requirement for reimbursement of the Secretary by the Hospital as a result of the arreingement upon termination of the agreement. (4) The amount of the funds made available under subsection (c) that the Secretary will contribute for the construction and equipping of the facility. (5) Any conditions or restrictions relating to the construction, equipping, or use of the facility. (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF FACILITY. — (1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated