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b. Assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures for the development and operation of DoD and VA health care resource sharing agreements (hereinafter referred to as “sharing agreements”) and joint ventures when a determination is made that such arrangements will improve access to quality health care or increase cost-effectiveness of the health care provided by the Military Health System (MHS) and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to beneficiaries of both departments. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office o