119 STAT. 2384
PUBLIC LAW 109–114—NOV. 30, 2005 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL SERVICES
(INCLUDING
TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical supplies and equipment and salaries and expenses of health-care employees hired under title 38, United States Code, and aid to State homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States Code; $22,547,141,000, plus reimbursements, of which not less than $2,200,000,000 shall be expended for specialty mental health care: Provided, That $1,225,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That such $1,225,000,000 shall be available only if an official budget request is transmitted by the President to the Congress that revises the President’s budget amendment of July 14, 2005, to designate the entire $1,225,000,000 as an emergency requirement: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed $1,100,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for treatment for veterans who are service-connected disabled, lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation of the program described in the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That for the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by section 721 of Public Law 107–314, a minimum of $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901–5902 of title 5, United States Code; and administrative and legal expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et
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