; or (B) if the eligible veteran is receiving urgent care under this section for the treatment of a service-connected disability or condition. (d) Treatment of Department Notwithstanding the coverage of an eligible veteran under a health-plan contract, the Secretary shall be considered the primary payer for any urgent care provided to the eligible veteran under this section. (e) Types of providers The Secretary shall ensure that all types of urgent care providers, including local urgent care providers, have an opportunity to enter into a contract with the Secretary under this section. (f) Definitions In this section: (1) The term health-plan contract has the meaning given that term in section 1725(f) of this title. (2) The term urgent care has the meaning given that term by the Secretary. (3) The term urgent care provider means a health care provider that provides urgent care at a non-Department facility. . (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 1725 the following new item: 1725A. Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care. . (3) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is encouraged to contract with urgent care centers that are accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting body or organization to carry out section 1725A of title 38, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1). (b) Establishment of cost-Sharing amount for veterans receiving emergency room care from Department (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a cost-sharing amount that veterans shall pay to the Secretary to receive care at an emergency room of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2) Exception The cost-sharing amount established under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a veteran if the veteran— (A) receives care for a service-connected (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) disability or condition