SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Preventing Dupli-
cate Payments Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICIES 
AND PROCEDURES TO DETECT AND PREVENT 
DUPLICATE PAYMENTS FOR THE SAME MED-
ICAL SERVICES. 
(a) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall establish policies and procedures for the 
detection and prevention of duplicate billings and 
payments by the Secretary of non-Department 
health care providers under section 1703 of title 38, 
United States Code, through the comparison of a 
billing or payment made by the Secretary for a med-
ical service to a billing or payment made for the 
same medical service by— 
(A) the Administrator of the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services under the Medi-
care program under title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); or 
(B) the Secretary of Defense under the 
TRICARE program. 
(2) CAPABILITIES.—The policies and proce-
dures required under subsection (a) shall include— 
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(A) the capability to use data exchanges; 
and 
(B) the capability to access and share the 
claims and payment data of other programs 
and agencies, if permitted pursuant to data- 
matching agreements entered into pursuant to 
subsection (b). 
(3) DEADLINE
FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a plan to 
comply with the requirements of paragraph (1). 
(b) DATA-MATCHING AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS
REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense, and 
the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services shall enter into data-matching 
agreements under which the Secretary of Defense 
and the Administrator agree to share and match rel-
evant data in the systems of records of the Depart-
ment of Defense and the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services, respectively, with the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for the purpose of implementing 
the policies and procedures required under sub-
section (a). 
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(2) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Subsection (o) of section 552a of title 5, 
United States Code, shall not apply to an agreement 
described in paragraph (1). 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of De-
fense and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services, shall establish and implement policies 
that— 
(1) clarify which department or agency is finan-
cially responsible in a situation in which an indi-
vidual is eligible, or potentially eligible, for payment 
or reimbursement of an expense relating to a med-
ical service under the laws administered by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs and— 
(A) the TRICARE program; or 
(B) the Medicare program under title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395 et seq.); 
(2) provide for the recoupment of payments if 
duplicate payments are made for the same medical 
service. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
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fairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
report that includes each of the following: 
(1) A description of the progress the Secretary 
has made in implementing this Act. 
(2) An analysis of the effect of any agreements 
entered into pursuant to subsection (b) on reducing 
duplicate payments. 
(3) Any recommendations of the Secretary for 
legislative action to eliminate duplicate billing and 
payment for the same medical services. 
(e) TRICARE PROGRAM
DEFINED.—The term 
‘‘TRICARE program’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code. 
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