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 100 STAT. 3254

PUBLIC LAW 99-576—OCT. 28, 1986 TITLE II—HEALTH CARE AND MEDICAL FACILITIES

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PART A—HEALTH-CARE PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. RESPITE CARE.

(a) AUTHORITY FOR RESPITE CARE PROGRAM.—(1) Subchapter II of chapter 17 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: . .^,.,. _ 38 USC 620B.

Termination date.

"§ 620B. Respite care "(a) The Administrator may furnish respite care services to a veteran who is eligible to receive care under section 610 of this title. "(b) For the purpose of this section, the term 'respite care' means hospital or nursing home care which— -i'U? ikj::im "(1) is of limited duration; "(2) is furnished in a Veterans' Administration facility on an intermittent basis to a veteran who is suffering from a chronic illness and who resides primarily at home; and "(3) is furnished for the purpose of helping the veteran to continue residing primarily at home. "(c) The authority provided by this section terminates on September 30, 1989.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 620A the following new item: "620B. Respite care.".

38 USC 620B note.

(b) REPORT.—If the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs furnishes respite care under section 620B of title 38, United States Code (as added by subsection (a))— (1) the Administrator shall conduct an evaluation of the health efficacy and cost-effectiveness of furnishing such care; and (2) not later than February 1, 1989, shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing— (A) the results of such evaluation; and (B) any plan for administrative action, and any recommendation for legislation, that the Administrator considers appropriate to include in the report. SEC. 202. HOME HEALTH SERVICES. S e c t i o n 6 1 2 i samended —

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(1) by striking out "As" in subsections (a)(2) and (f)(2) and inserting in lieu thereof "Subject to subsection (k) of this section, as"; and .SK:9*' (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(k) The Administrator may furnish home health services to a veteran in any setting in which the veteran is residing. The Administrator may not furnish such services in such a manner as to relieve any other person or entity of a contractual obligation to furnish services to the veteran. When home health services are furnished in a setting other than the veteran's home, such services may not include any structural improvement or alteration.".

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