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 PUBLIC LAW 99-576—OCT. 28, 1986

100 STAT. 3255

SEC. 203. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN COUNSELING SERVICES FOR A DECEASED VETERAN'S FAMILY MEMBERS.

Clause (B) of section 601(6) is amended to read as follows: ^8 USC 601. "(B)(i) such consultation, professional counseling, training, and mental health services as are necessary in connection with the treatment— "(I) of the service-connected disability of a veteran pursuant to section 612(a) of this title, and "(ID in the discretion of the Administrator, of the nonservice-connected disability of a veteran eligible for treatment under section 612(f)(l)(A)(ii) of this title where such services were initiated during the veteran's hospitalization and the provision of such services on an outpatient basis is essential to permit the discharge of the veteran from the hospital, for the members of the immediate family or legal guardian of a veteran, or the individual in whose household such veteran certifies an intention to live, as may be essential to the effective treatment and rehabilitation of the veteran (including, under the terms and conditions set forth in section 111 of this title, travel and incidental expenses of such family member or individual in the case of a veteran who is receiving care for a service-connected disability, or in the case of a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section 613(b) of this title); and "(ii) in the case of an individual who was a recipient of services under subclause (i) of this clause at the time of^ "(I) the unexpected death of the veteran; or "(II) the death of the veteran while the veteran was participating in a hospice program (or a similar program) conducted by the Administrator, such counseling services, for a limited period, as the Administrator determines to be reasonable and necessary to assist such individual with the emotional and psychological stress accompanying the veteran's death. For the purposes of this paragraph, a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section 613(b) of this title shall be eligible for the same medical services as a ^^ i''*< ^?iJ B: veteran.". '-•'"^ SEC. 204. TRANSITION CENTERS.

PERIOD

FOR

READJUSTMENT

COUNSELING

(a) EXTENSION OF TRANSITION PERIOD.—Paragraph (1) of section 612 A(g) is amended— (1) by striking out "the twelve-month period ending on ajon iiRj: " September 30, 1988" and inserting in lieu thereof "the 24-month period ending on September 30, 1989"; and (2) by striking out "orderly transition, by October 1, 1988" in clause (A) and inserting in lieu thereof "orderly, gradual transition by October 1, 1989^. (b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—(1) Paragraph (2)(A) of such section is amended by inserting "(Public Law 98-160) (or, if the study is not 38 USC loi note. then completed, whatever information from it is then available)" in the second sentence after "the Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1983".

(2) Paragraph (3) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Such report shall be prepared taking

38 USC 101 note.

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