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Post, p. 1 8 1. 72 Stat. 1113; 80 Stat. 2 0 8. 38 USC 1 1 1.

P o s t, p. 181.

72 Stat. 1141; 74 Stat. 472. 38 USC 6 0 1.

H o s p i t a l care and medical services. 76 Stat. 3 8 1; 80 Stat. 27, 1377.

Post, p. 182. Outpatient c a r e. 74 Stat, 472; 83 Stat. 168.

PUBLIC LAW 93-82-AUG. 2, 1973

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transportation if unable to defray such expenses; or (ii) necessary expenses of transportation and subsistence in the case of a veteran who is receiving care for a service-connected disability, or in the case of a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section 613(b) of this title, under the terms and conditions set forth in section 111 of this title) of the members of the immediate family (including legal guardians) of a veteran or such a dependent or survivor of a veteran, or, in the case of a veteran or such dependent or survivor of a veteran who has no immediate family members (or legal guardian), the person in whose household such veteran, or such a dependent or survivor certifies his intention to live, as may be necessary or appropriate to the effective treatment and rehabilitation of a veteran or such a dependent or a survivor of a veteran; and " (C)(i) medical services rendered in the course of the hospitalization of a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section 613(b) of this title, and (ii) transportation and incidental expenses for such dependent or survivor of a veteran who is in need of treatment for any injury, disease, or disability and is unable to defray the expense of transportation.", (c) Section 601(6) of such title is amended by inserting immediately after "treatment," the following: "such home health services as the Administrator determines to be necessary or appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of a disability of a veteran or a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section 613(b) of this title". SEC. 102. Section 610 of title 38, United States Code, is amended ^y— . . . (1) inserting in subsection (a) "or nursing home care" immediately after "hospital care" where it first appears; (2) striking out clause (1)(B) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " (B) any veteran for a non-service-connected disability if he is unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care;"; (3) amending subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) While any veteran is receiving hospital care or nursing home care in any Veterans' Administration facility, the Administrator may, within the limits of Veterans' Administration facilities, furnish medical services to correct or treat any non-service-connected disability of such veteran, in addition to treatment incident to the disability for which he is hospitalized, if the veteran is willing, and the Administrator finds such services to be reasonably necessary to protect the health of such veteran."; and (4) adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) In no case may nursing home care be furnished in a hospital not under the direct and exclusive jurisdiction of the Administrator except as provided in section 620 of this title.". SEC. 103. (a) Subsection (f) of section 612 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(f) The Administrator may also furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis—

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