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 PUBLIC LAW 100-322—MAY 20, 1988

102 STAT. 533

payment of such differentials would be expected to have on the ability of the Veterans' Administration to recruit and retain personnel to perform such services on a shift for which a differential is not paid. (c) CONSIDERATION OF FLEXIBLE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROGRAMS.—

In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Administrator shall review the personnel management practices of an appropriate sample of employers other than the Federal Government. The Administrator shall consider— (1) the extent to which such employers provide flexible employment benefits under programs designed to meet the individual needs to their employees, (2) the advantages of such programs for such employers and employees, and (3) the feasibility, desirability, and appropriateness of establishing and carrying out any such flexible employment benefits program for employees of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration. (d) REPORTS.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the results of the study required by subsection (a). The report shall contain— (1) the determinations of the Administrator under subsections (a) and (b); and (2) any planned administrative actions, and any recommendations for legislation, that the Administrator considers appropriate to include in the report on the basis of the results of the study. SEC. 232. REPORT ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO TRAINING IN GERIATRICS OF MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH-PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS AFFILIATED WITH THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION.

(a) REPORT.—Not later than August 1, 1988, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the Veterans' Administration's activities, and the success of those activities, designed to promote increased efforts by affiliated institutions (1) in training health-care professionals to care for older patients, and (2) in research into the aging process and diseases and disabilities associated with aging. (b) MATTERS TO B E INCLUDED.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) Information, for each academic year from 1980-1981 through 1987-1988, on the number of affiliated institutions, shown by type of institution and type of training, that— (A) have a program through which students or trainees receive education and training in geriatrics through regular rotation through Veterans' Administration medical centers, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, or other units providing extended care to veterans; or (B) have a formal program providing education and training in geriatrics; or (C) have both such programs. (2) Information on the number of affiliated institutions (shown by type of institution) that are planning to establish

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