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 106 STAT. 1972 PUBLIC LAW 102-405—OCT. 9, 1992 Public Law 102- 102d Congress •405 An Act Oct. 9, 1992 [S. 2344] Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992 38 USC 101 note. To improve the provision of health care and other services to veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE. — This Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. —The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code, and to Secretary of Veterans Af- fairs. TITLE I—HEALTH CARE PART A—GENERAL HEALTH CARE Sec. 101. Increase in limit on certain grants for home structviral alterations for disabled veterans. Sec. 102. Submission of reports of Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee. Sec. 103. Authority to hold joint title to medical equipment. Sec. 104. Quality assurance activities. Sec. 105. Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs. Sec. 106. Prosthetic services report. Sec. 107. Services for homeless veterans. PART B—MENTAL HEALTH PROVISIONS Sec. 121. Marriage and family counseling for Persian Gulf War veterans. Sec. 122. Post-traumatic stress disorder research and reports. Sec. 123. Post-traumatic stress disorder program planning. TITLE II—HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL Sec. 201 Sec. 202 Sec. 203 Sec. 204 Cap on certain rates of pay. Minimum period of service for scholarship recipients. Authority to purchase items of nominal value for recruitment purposes. Special pay for certain physicians and dentists based on board certification. Sec. 205. Authority to appoint non-physician directors to the Office of the Under Secretary for Health. Sec. 206. Expansion of director grade of the physician and dentist pay schedule. TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 301. Authorization requirement for construction of new medical facilities. Sec. 302. Redesignation of certain positions within the Department of Veterans Af- fairs. Sec. 303. Attorney fees in connection with certain Department of Veterans Affairs proceedings. SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, AND TO SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) REFERENCES TO TITLE 38. —Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act 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.

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