‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, and not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of the Viral Hepatitis Testing Act of 
2013, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the 
Assistant Secretary for Health, the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 
Health Resources and Services Administration, the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad-
ministration, the Office of Minority Health, the In-
dian Health Service, other relevant agencies, and 
non-government stakeholder entities, establish and 
support public-private partnerships that facilitate 
the surveillance, education, screening, testing, and 
linkage to care programs authorized by this section. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—Public-private partnerships es-
tablished or supported under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) focus primarily on the surveillance, 
education, screening, testing, and linkage to 
care programs authorized by this section; 
‘‘(B) generate resources, in addition to the 
funds made available pursuant to subsection 
(f), to carry out the surveillance, education, 
screening, testing, and linkage to care programs 
authorized in this section by leveraging Federal 
funding with non-Federal funding and support; 
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‘‘(C) allow for investments in such pro-
grams of financial or in-kind resources by each 
of the partners involved in the partnership; 
‘‘(D) include corporate and industry enti-
ties, academic institutions, public and non-prof-
it organizations, community and faith-based or-
ganizations, foundations, and other govern-
mental and non-governmental organizations; 
and 
‘‘(E) advance the core goals of each of the 
partners of the partnership as determined by 
the Secretary in development of the partner-
ship. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall 
provide to the Congress an annual report on the 
public-private partnerships established under this 
subsection. Each such report shall include— 
‘‘(A) the number of public-private partner-
ships established; 
‘‘(B) specific and quantifiable information 
on the surveillance, education, screening, test-
ing, and linkage to care activities conducted as 
well as the outcomes achieved through each of 
the public-private partnerships; 
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‘‘(C) the amount of Federal funding or re-
sources dedicated to the public-private partner-
ships; 
‘‘(D) the amount of non-Federal funding 
or resources leveraged through the public-pri-
vate partnerships; and 
‘‘(E) a plan for the following year that out-
lines future activities. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—No more than 25 percent of 
the funds made available to carry out this section 
may be used for public-private partnerships estab-
lished or supported under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) LINKAGE TO CARE.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘linkage to care’ means, with re-
spect to an individual with a diagnosis of HBV or 
HCV, the referral of such individual to clinical care 
for a thorough evaluation of their clinical status to 
determine the need for treatment, vaccination for 
HBV, or other therapy. 
‘‘(e) AGENCY
FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH
AND 
QUALITY HBV AND HCV GUIDELINES.—Due to the rap-
idly evolving standard of care associated with diagnosing 
and treating viral hepatitis infection, the Director of the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shall convene 
the Preventive Services Task Force under section 915(a) 
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to review its recommendation for screening for HBV and 
HCV infection every 3 years. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any amounts 
otherwise authorized by this Act, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
‘‘(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
‘‘(B) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and 
‘‘(C) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—Of the amounts appropriated 
pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall reserve not less than 80 percent for 
making grants under subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) SOURCE
OF
FUNDS.—The funds made 
available to carry out this section shall be derived 
exclusively from the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available for planning and evaluation under 
this Act.’’. 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The amendments made by 
this section shall not be construed to require termination 
of any program or activity carried out by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under section 317N of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–15) as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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SEC. 4. HEPATITIS C SCREENING AND EVALUATION OF 
NEEDED CARE FOR VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 1720H. Hepatitis C screening and evaluation of 
needed care for veterans 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary shall establish 
and carry out a plan to provide veterans described in para-
graph (2) with— 
‘‘(A) a risk assessment for the hepatitis C 
virus; and 
‘‘(B) if a veteran is diagnosed with such virus— 
‘‘(i) a thorough evaluation of the clinical 
status of the veteran to determine the need for 
treatment, vaccination, or other therapy; and 
‘‘(ii) information with respect to the needs 
determined under clause (i). 
‘‘(2) Veterans described in this paragraph are vet-
erans who— 
‘‘(A) are enrolled in the health care system es-
tablished under section 1705(a) of this title; and 
‘‘(B) were born between 1945 and 1965. 
‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE.—(1) The Secretary shall use the 
plan established under subsection (a)(1) as a key measure 
in determining performance under the VA Handbook Per-
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