; and (2) received care under this chapter within the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of organ transplant care under this section. (c) Provider agreements (1) The Secretary shall enter into provider agreements with non-Department facilities to carry out this section in each Veterans Integrated Service Network region of the Department. (2) Under provider agreements entered into under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pay non-Department facilities for care furnished under this section an amount equal to the amount that would otherwise be paid for such care under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.). (3) A provider agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall include payment of procurement fees, as well as payment for the cost of providing the organ transplant care. (d) Payment for travel and lodging Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not pay for travel and lodging costs for a veteran seeking organ transplant care under this section outside the region of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (as established under section 372 of the National Organ Transplantation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 274 )) in which the veteran resides unless the Secretary authorizes such care outside such region. (e) Organ transplant care defined In this section, the term organ transplant includes bone marrow transplants. . (2) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1703 the following new item: 1703A. Organ transplant care at non-Department facilities. . (b) Initial provider agreements The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— (1) not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, seek to enter into provider agreements under section 1703A(c) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)