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38 USC 5070. Report to Congress.

Study. 38 USC 4103 ^°^38 USC 101 et Report to congressional committees. """"

PUBLIC LAW 94-581—OCT. 21, 1976 ernment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes', approved June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), or any other provision of law, a lease entered into pursuant to this chapter may provide for the maintenance, protection, or restoration, by the lessee, of the property leased, as a part or all of the consideration of the lease."; (2) inserting at the end of section 5070 the following new subsection: "(h) Not later than ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, IJ^Q Administrator shall submit to the Congress a report on activities carried out under this chapter, including (1) an appraisal of the effectiveness of the programs authorized herein in carrying out their statutory purposes and the degree of cooperation from other sources, financial and otherwise, (2) an appraisal of the contributions of such programs in improving the quantity and quality of physicians and other health care personnel furnishing hospital care and medical services to veterans under this title, (3) a list of the approved but unfunded projects under this chapter and the funds needed for each such project, and (4) recommendations for the improvement or more effective administration of such programs, including any necessary legislation."; (3) striking out paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 5073 and redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and (4) striking out "subsections (a)(1) and" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 5070(e) of this title and subsection" in section 5073(b)(2). SEC. 117. (a) The Chief Medical Director of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration shall carry out or provide for a study to determine the short-range and long-range direction of the hospital and medical program carried out under title 38, United States Code, for eligible veterans and persons with reference to the increasing average age of the eligible veteran population. Not later than twelve months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Medical Director, through the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, shall submit to the appropriate Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of such study, including, but not limited to, specific plans for— (1) adjusting the number of Veterans' Administration hospital, nursing home, intermediate care, and domiciliary beds; (2) adjusting the program for contracting for such nursing home care (including intermediate and personal care) in community facilities; (3) expanding alternatives to institutional care, including provision of home health (including homemaker and special nutrition) services; (4) emphasizing treatment programs particularly suited to meeting the health care needs of an aging population; (5) emphasizing education and training of health care personnel specializing in the treatment of elderly persons and diseases and infirmities characteristic of an aging population; (6) emphasizing biomedical and health services research designed to ameliorate geriatric care problems; and (7) meeting the special architectural, transportation, and environmental needs of an aging population.

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