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 PUBLIC LAW 100-322—MAY 20, 1988

102 STAT. 491

essary care as determined under section 622(a)(l)(C) of this title.". (d) HOME HEALTH SERVICES.—(1) Section 617 is amended—

(A) by redesignating subsections (a) and Qoi) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and (B) by inserting after the section heading the following new subsection (a): "(a)(l) As part of medical services furnished to a veteran under section 612(a) of this title, the Administrator may furnish such home health services as the Administrator finds to be necessary or appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of the veteran's disability. "(2) Improvements and structural alterations may be furnished as part of such home health services only as necessary to assure the continuation of treatment for the veteran's disability or to provide access to the home or to essential lavatory and sanitary facilities. The cost of such improvements and structural alterations (or the amount of reimbursement therefor) under this subsection may not exceed— "(A) $2,500 in the case of medical services furnished under paragraph (1) of section 612(a) of this title; or "(B) $600 in the case of medical services furnished under any other provision of section 612 of this title.". (2) Subsection (k) of section 612 is transferred to section 617 (as amended by paragraph (1)), inserted at the end of subsection (a) (as added by paragraph (1)), and redesignated as paragraph (3). (3) The heading of section 617 is amended to read as follows: (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 612(f) is amended— (A) by striking out paragraphs (1), (2), and (3); (B) by striking out "(4)(A) The Administrator may not furnish medical services under this subsection (including home health services under paragraph (2) of this subsection)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) The Administrator may not furnish medical services under subsection (a) of this section (including home health services under section 617 of this title)"; (C) by striking out "subparagraph (B) of this paragraph" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (2) of this subsection"; (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (G) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively; (E) by striking out "this paragraph" each place it appears in such paragraphs and inserting in lieu thereof "this subsection"; (F) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking out "this subsection and who is required under subparagraph (A)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (a) of this section and who is required under paragraph (1)"; (G) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking out "furnished under this subsection" and inserting in lieu thereof "furnished under subsection (a) of this section"; and (H) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking out "under this subsection" and inserting in lieu thereof "under section 617 of this title". (2) Section 612 is further amended— (A) in the first sentence of subsection (b)(4), by striking out "subsections (a) and (f) of this section" and inserting in lieu
 * '§617. Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices".

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