BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 41-126
4 SEPTEMBER 2018
Health Services
DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE/VETERANS AFFAIRS
HEALTH CARE RESOURCE SHARING
PROGRAM
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/SG3/5S
Supersedes: AFI 41-126, 6 March 2014
Certified by: AF/SG3/5
(Maj Gen Robert I. Miller)
Pages: 19
This publication implements Air Force Policy Directive 41-1, Health Care Programs and
Resources and Department of Defense Instruction 6010.23, Department of Defense and
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Resource Sharing Program. This instruction
identifies and defines the requirements, policies, procedures and activities necessary to ensure
successful compliance with Title 38 Section 8111. It describes how to manage a local
partnership, including sharing agreement requirements and Joint Incentive Fund procedures.
Organizational alignment of these functions may vary by Military Treatment Facility. This
instruction does not apply to the Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, or Civil Air Patrol.
This instruction may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements must be routed to
AFMSA/SG3S for coordination prior to certification and approval. Refer recommended changes
and questions about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility listed above using
the Air Force Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route Air Force Forms 847
from the field through the appropriate chain of command. The authorities to waive wing/unit
level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, and T-3”)
number following the compliance statement. See AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms
Management, Table 1.1 for a description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers.
Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver
approval authority, or alternately, to the Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items.
Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are
maintained in accordance with Air Force Manual 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed
of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule in the Air Force Records
