PUBLIC LAW 102-573—OCT. 29,1992
"DEMONSTRATION OF ELECTRONIC CLAIMS PROCESSING

106 STAT. 4559

"SEC. 221. (a) Not later than June 15, 1993, the Secretary
shall develop and implement, directly or by contract, 2 projects
to demonstrate in a pilot setting the use of claims processing
technology to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the billing
for, and payment of, contract health services.

"(b) The Secretary shall conduct one of the projects authorized
in subsection (a) in the Service area served by the area office
located in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Arizona.

"SEC. 222. (a) A patient who receives contract health care 25USCi62lu.
services that are authorized by the Service shall not be liable
for the payment of any charges or costs associated with the provision
of such services.

"(b) The Secretary shall notify a contract care provider and
any patient who receives contract health care services authorized
by the Service that such patient is not liable for the payment
of any charges or costs associated with the provision of such serv-
ices.".

SEC. 216. OFFICE OF WOMEN'S INDIAN HEALTH CARE.

Title II of the Act (as amended by section 215 of this Act)
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

Establishment.
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"SEC. 223. There is established within the Service an Office
of Indian Women's Health Care to oversee efforts of the Service
to monitor and improve the quality of health care for Indian women
of all ages through the planning and delivery of programs adminis-
tered by the Service, in order to improve and enhance the treatment
models of care for Indian women.".

SEC. 217. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Title II of the Act (as amended by section
216 of this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:

"AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 224. Except as provided in sections 209(m), 211, 213,
214(b)(5), 215, and 216, there are authorized to be appropriated
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year through fiscal
year 2000 to carry out this title. .

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title II of the Act is
amended—

(1) in section 201(h), by striking out the first sentence
and striking out "subsection" and inserting in lieu thereof "sec-
tion".

(2) in section 202, by striking out subsection (e);

(3) in section 204(e), by striking out the first sentence
and striking out "subsection (c)" and inserting in lieu thereof
"this section"; and

(4) in section 209 (as amended by section 902(3)(B) of
this Act)—

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