subsection (e), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall provide to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a briefing containing— 
(1) a status update on the progress of imple-
menting the action plans required under this section; 
(2) recommendations for developing subsequent 
action plans for each facility with respect to which 
there is a sharing agreement in place; 
(3) the number of patients served pursuant to 
the action plans, broken down by facility and service 
type; 
(4) the number of health care providers who 
were cross-credentialed or privileged to jointly care 
for beneficiaries in medical facilities of the Depart-
ment of Defense or the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs pursuant to the action plans, broken down by 
facility and service type; 
(5) the costs incurred and reimbursed between 
the Department of Defense and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs pursuant to the action plans, in-
cluding an accounting of the use of the DOD–VA 
Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund established 
under section 8111(d)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code, if applicable; 
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(6) a summary of the effectiveness of the mech-
anisms developed pursuant to the action plans re-
lated to oversight, accountability, data-gathering, 
and performance goals as well as any recommenda-
tions for improving such mechanisms; 
(7) a summary of any patient safety incidents 
or complaints and associated resolutions as well as 
any recommendations for improving the patient safe-
ty and complaint resolution process under the ac-
tions plans; and 
(8) a summary of the integration of information 
technology and other systems pursuant to the action 
plans as well as barriers to further integration and 
recommendations for improving such integration. 
(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to allow the Department of Defense 
or the Department of Veterans Affairs to require a veteran 
to seek care at a facility of the Department of Defense 
or to allow military medical treatment facilities to be used 
as a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
purposes of determining eligibility of veterans for care 
from a non-Department of Veterans Affairs provider 
under the eligibility access standards developed under sec-
tion 1703B of title 38, United States Code. 
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(h) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on Sep-
tember 30, 2028. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered facility’’ means— 
(A) a military medical treatment facility 
(as such term is defined in section 1073c of 
title 10, United States Code); or 
(B) a medical facility of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs described in section 8101(3) of 
title 38, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘enrolled veteran’’ means a vet-
eran enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs established and op-
erated under section 1705(a) of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘sharing agreement’’ means an 
agreement for the sharing of health-care resources 
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between the Department of Defense and the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs under section 1104 of title 
10, United States Code, or section 8111 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(5) The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101 of title 38, United States 
Code. 
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