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 100 STAT. 372

PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986

(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Congress urges the Small Business Administration— (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of the Veterans Business Resource Councils which are currently operating and to recommend improvements in their operations; (2) to develop guidelines to assist in the establishment of Veterans Business Resource Councils; and (3) to work with the remaining States and any interested organizations to encourage the establishment of Veterans Business Resource Councils in those States.

Veterans Health-Care Amendments of 1986. 38 USC 101 note.

TITLE XIX—VETERANS' PROGRAMS SEC. 19001. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the "Veterans' Health-Care Amendments of 1986". (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code.

Subtitle A—Health Care SEC. 19011. ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE OF VETERANS WITH NONSERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.

38 USC 610.

(a) HOSPITAL CARE AND NURSING HOME CARE.—(1) Subsection (a) of section 610 is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) The Administrator shall furnish hospital care, and may furnish nursing home care, which the Administrator determines is needed— "(A) to any veteran for a service-connected disability; "(B) to a veteran whose discharge or release from the active military, naval, or air service was for a disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty, for any disability; "(C) to a veteran who, but for a suspension pursuant to section 351 of this title (or both such a suspension and the receipt of retired pay), would be entitled to disability compensation, but only to the extent that such veteran's continuing eligibility for such care is provided for in the judgment or settlement described in such section, for any disability; "(D) to a veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at 50 percent or more, for any disability; "(E) to any other veteran who has a service-connected disability, for any disability; "(F) to a veteran who is a former prisoner of war, for any disability; "(G) to a veteran exposed to a toxic substance or radiation, as provided in subsection (e) of this section; "(H) to a veteran of the Spanish-American War, the Mexican border period, or World War I, for any disability; and "(I) to a veteran for a non-service-connected disability, if the veteran is unable to defray the expenses of necessary care as determined under section 622(a)(1) of this title.

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