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 PUBLIC LAW 94-581—OCT. 21, 1976

90 STAT. 2855

(b) Not later than ninety days after the eflfective date of this Act, the Administrator shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that, to the maximum extent feasible, each individual eligible for new or expanded care and services as a result of the amendments made by this Act is personally notified, in a clear and simple manner, about such new or expanded eligibility and the way to secure such care and services, and shall send copies of all such notification forms to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, along with a description of how such forms were distributed.

Individual notification for new services, copies to congressional committees. 38 USC 612 note.

TITLE II—MEDICAL TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

Veterans Medical Technical and Conforming Amendments of 1976. 38 USC 101 note.

SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Veterans Medical Technical and Conforming Amendments of 1976". SEC. 202. Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (a) The title of such chapter is amended by inserting "NURSING HOME," before "DOMICILIARY**. (b) Section 601 is amended by— (1) striking out "and exclusive" in clause (A) of paragraph (2)(A) inserting after "contracts" in clause (C) of paragraph (4) "when facilities described in clause (A) or (B) of this paragraph are not capable of furnishing economical care because of geographical inaccessibility or of furnishing the care or services required"; (B) redesignating subclauses (ii) and (iii) of such clause (C) as subclauses (iv) and (v), respectively; (C) striking out subclause (i) of such clause (C) and inserting in lieu thereof the following subclauses: "(i) hospital care or medical services to a veteran for the treatment of a service-connected disability or a disability for which a veteran was discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service; (ii) medical services for the treatment of any disability of a veteran described in clause (1)(B) or (2) of section 612(f) of this title, (iii) hospital care or medical services for the treatment of medical emergencies which pose a serious threat to the life or health of a veteran receiving hospital care in a facility described in clause (A) or (B) of this paragraph;"; and (D) striking out "clause (iii)" where the term appears in subclause (v) (as so redesignated) of such clause (C) and inserting in lieu thereof "subclause (v) "; and (S) striking out in subclause (ii) of clause (A) of paragraph (5) "for any veteran who is in need of treatment for a serviceconnected disability or is unable to defray the expense of transportation" and inserting in lieu thereof "pursuant to the provisions of section 111 of this title". (c) The subchapter heading at the beginning of subchapter II of such chapter is amended by inserting a comma and "Nursing Home,** after "Hospitar. (d) Section 610 is amended by— (1) inserting a comma and "nursing home,** after "hospital" in the catchline of such section; (2) inserting "or nursing home" after "hospital" in subsection (a)(1)(B);

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