‘‘(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; 
‘‘(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-
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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. 
‘‘(f) 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 United States Preventive Services Task Force under 
section 915(a) to review its recommendation for screening 
for HBV and HCV infection every 3 years. 
‘‘(g) 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 2016; 
‘‘(B) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and 
‘‘(C) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. 
‘‘(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). 
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‘‘(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. 
SEC. 4. HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C SCREENING AND 
EVALUATION OF NEEDED CARE FOR VET-
ERANS. 
(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 B and 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 B and 
hepatitis C virus; and 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(B) were born between 1945 and 1965; and 
‘‘(C) are considered a high-risk group for hepa-
titis B or hepatitis C infection. 
‘‘(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-
formance Management System, or the successor to such 
handbook, to ensure the compliance of such plan. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary determines that a medical facil-
ity of the Department complies with the plan established 
under subsection (a)(1) at a rate less than 100 percent, 
the Secretary shall treat the director of such medical facil-
ity as ‘less than fully successful’ with respect to the per-
formance appraisal that is used for the basis for deter-
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mining performance awards under the handbook described 
in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit 
annually to Congress a report on the compliance of each 
medical facility of the Department with the plan estab-
lished under subsection (a)(1).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1720G the following new 
item: 
‘‘1720H. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C screening and evaluation of needed care 
for veterans.’’. 
Æ 
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