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 92 STAT. 1820

PUBLIC LAW 95-520—OCT. 26, 1978

Public Law 95-520 95th Congress An Act Oct. 26, 1978 [H.R. 5029]

Veterans' Administration Programs Extension Act of 1978. 38 USC 101 note.

38 USC 632.

38 USC 4118 note.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring programs of the Veterans' Administration, to extend and improve the program of veterans readjustment appointments in the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Administration Programs Extension Act of 1978". SEC. 2. Section 230(b) of title 38, United States Code, relating to the Veterans' Administration office in the Republic of the Philippines, is amended by striking out "June 30, 1978" and inserting m lieu thereof "September 30, 1981". SEC. 3. (a) Section 624(c) of title 38, United States Code, relating to the veterans medical center in the Republic of the Philippines^ is amended by striking out "Veterans Memorial Hospital" and inserting in lieu thereof "Veterans Memorial Medical Center". (b) Section 632 of such title is amended—• (1) by striking out "Veterans Memorial Hospital" each place it appears in such section and inserting in lieu thereof in each such place "Veterans Memorial Medical Center"; (2) in the matter in subsection (a) preceding clause (1) — (A) by striking out "a contract" and inserting in lieu thereof "contracts"; and (B) by striking out "June 30, 1978" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1981"; (3) by striking out "July 1, 1978" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1981"; and (4) by striking out "during the five years beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1978—" in subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof "occurring during the period beginning July 1, 1973, and ending September 30, 1981—". SEC. 4. Section 6(a)(2) of the Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-123; 89 Stat. 669), relating to the expiration of authority to enter into special pay agreements, is amended by striking out "September 30, 1978" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1981". SEC. 5. Section 601(4)(C) of title 38, United States Code, relating to contract-care medical facilities, is amended by striking out "(v) hospital care" and all that follows through "December 31, 1978" and inserting in lieu thereof "(v) hospital care, or medical services that will obviate the need for hospital admission, for veterans in a State not contiguous to the forty-eight contiguous States, except that the annually determined hospital patient load and incidence of the provision of medical services to veterans hospitalized or treated at the expense of the Veterans' Administration in Government and private facilities in each such noncontiguous State shall be consistent with the patient load or incidence of the provision of medical services for veterans hospitalized or treated by the Veterans' Administration within the forty-eight contiguous States, but the authority of the Administrator under this subclause (except with respect to Alaska and Hawaii) shall

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