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PUBIJC L A f 89-612 -SEPT. 30^ 1966

[80 STAT.

covered by any modified agreement which may be made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section". (3) Add at the end the following new subsections: " (b) Subject to the conditions set forth in subsection (c) of this section, such agreement may be further modified after the effective date of this amendment to authorize extension of the contract specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for an additional period ending June 30, 1973, and may authorize expansion of such contract to include payments for hospital care at the Veterans Memorial Hospital of Commonwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator to need such care for non-service-connected disabilities if they are unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care. Such modified agreement may also provide for payments for hospital care, determined by the Administrator to be necessary, at the Veterans Memorial Hospital of new Philippine Scouts for service-connected disabilities, and for non-service-connected disabilities if they enlisted before July 1, 1946, and if they qualify as veterans of a war unable to defray the expenses Limitation. ^-f necessary hospital care. The total of such payments plus any payments for authorized travel expenses in connection with hospital care pursuant to any such modified agreement shall not exceed $1,200,000 for fiscal year 1967, including payments for any period in that year prior to the modified agreement, nor $2,000,000 for any one fiscal year thereafter. Such modified agreement may also provide that during the period covered by such contract medical services shall be continued as provided by the last sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for Commonwealth Army veterans for service-connected disabilities and medical services for new Philippine Scouts determined by the Administrator to be in need thereof for service-connected disabilities shall be provided as authorized for Commonwealth Army veterans. "(c) Any agreement or contract extended and modified pursuant to subsection (b) shall be conditioned on a commitment by the Republic of the Philippines and the Veterans Memorial Hospital that the equipment of such hospital will be replaced and upgraded as needed and that the existing physical plant and facilities of such hospital will be rehabilitated as soon as practicable to place the hospital on a sound and effective operating basis. I t shall provide that failure to fulfill such commitment or to maintain the hospital in a well-equipped and effective operating condition, as determined by the Administrator, shall be a ground for stopping payments under the agreement upon reasonable notice as stipulated by the contract. Appropriations. «((j) f o assist the Republic of the Philippines in replacement and upgrading of equipment and in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of the Veterans Memorial Hospital, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $500,000 to be used by the Administrator for making grants to the Veterans Memorial Hospital for this purpose on such terms and conditions as the Administrator may prescribe. Any such appropriation shall remain available until expended. "(e) To further assure the effective care and treatment of patients in the Veterans Memorial Hospital, and having due regard for the special kinds of diseases from which these patients frequently suffer, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year during the six years beginning with fiscal year 1967 the sum of $100,000 to be used by the Administrator for making grants to the Veterans Memorial Hospital for medical research and the training of health service personnel at the hospital. Such grants shall be made on terais and conditions prescribed by the Administrator, including approval by him of all research protocols, principal investigators, and training programs."

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