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 504 72 Stat. 1107.

" N u r s i n g home

Discontinuance of allowance. 76 Stat. 4 4 1. 72 Stat. 936; 76 Stat. 4 4 1.

Equipment. 73 Stat. 435.

PUBLIC LAW 88-450-AUG. 19, 1964

[78 STAT.

(c) Paragraph (19) of section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Such term also includes such a home which furnishes nursing home care for veterans of any war." (d) Section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(28) The term 'nursing home care' means the accommodation of convalescents or other persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care, but who require skilled nursing care and related medical services, if such nursing care and medical services are prescribed by, or are performed under the general direction of, persons duly licensed to provide such care. The term includes intensive care where the nursing service is under the supervision of a registered professional nurse." SEC. 5. (a) Section 3203(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(f) Where any veteran in receipt of an aid and attendance allowance described in section 314(r) of this title is hospitalized at Government expense, sr«ch allowance shall be discontinued from the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of his admission for such hospitalization for so long as such hospitalization continues. Any discontinuance required by administrative regulation, during hospitalization of a veteran by the Veterans' Administration, of increased pension based on need of regular aid and attendance or additional compensation based on need of regular aid and attendance as described in subsection (1) or (m) of section 314 of this title, shall not be effective earlier than the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of the veteran's admission for hospitalization. In case a veteran affected by this subsection leaves a hospital against medical advice and is thereafter admitted to hospitalization, such allowance, increased pension, or additional compensation, as the case may be, shall be discontinued from the date of such readmission for so long as such hospitalization continues." (b) The amendment made by this section shall apply only with respect to compensation or pension based upon need of regular aid and attendance in the case of veterans admitted for hospitalization on or after the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 6. (a) Section 617 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting " (a) " immediately before "The Administrator" and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (b) The Administrator may furnish any type of therapeutic or rehabilitative device, as well as other medical equipment and supplies (excluding medicines), if medically indicated, to any veteran who is eligible to receive an invalid lift under subsection (a) of this section, or who would be so eligible, but for the fact that he has such a lift." (b) The analysis of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "617. Invalid lift for pensioners."

and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ''617. Invalid lifts and other devices for pensioners."

Additional medical treatment. 72 Stat. 1142. 38 USC 501-562.

(c) The heading of section 617 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: SEC. 7. Section 612 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " (^) Where any veteran is in receipt of pension under chapter 15 of this title based on the need of regular aid and attendance or of an
 * § 617. Invalid lifts and other devices for pensioners".

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