Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/80

 93 STAT. 48

PUBLIC LAW 9 6 - 2 2 - J U N E 13, 1979

In any year in which the President's Budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1 of such year includes an amount for expenditures for contract dental care under the provisions of subsections (a) and (f) of this section and section 601(4)(C) of this title during such 38 USC 612. Infra. fiscal year in excess of the level of expenditures made for such Post, p. 54. purpose during fiscal year 1978, the Administrator shall, not later than February 15 of such year, submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress justifying the requested level of expenditures for contract dental care and explaining why the application of the criteria prescribed in section 601(4)(C) of this title for contracting with private facilities and in the second sentence of section 610(c) of this title for furnishing incidental dental care to hospitalized veter38 USC 610; ante, p. 47. ans will not preclude the need for expenditures for contract dental care in excess of the fiscal year 1978 level of expenditures for such purpose. In any case in which the amount included in the President's Budget for any fiscal year for expenditures for contract dental care under such provisions is not in excess of the level of expenditures made for such purpose during fiscal year 1978 and the Administrator determines after the date of submission of such budget and before the end of such fiscal year that the level of expenditures for such contract dental care during such fiscal year will exceed the fiscal year 1978 level of expenditures, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Report to congressional appropriate committees of the Congress containing both a justificacommittees. tion (with respect to the projected level of expenditures for such fiscal year) and an explanation as required in the preceding sentence in the case of a report submitted pursuant to such sentence. Any report submitted pursuant to this subsection shall include a comment by the Administrator on the effect of the application of the criteria prescribed in the second sentence of section 610(c) of this title for furnishing incidental dental care to hospitalized veterans.". Outpatient (2) Subsection (f) of such section is amended by adding at the end dental services thereof the following new sentence: "The Administrator may also and treatment. furnish outpatient dental services and treatment, and related appliances, to any veteran described in subsection (b)(7) of this section.". 38 USC 601. (c) Section 601 is amended— (1) by inserting "of the first sentence, or in the third sentence," in paragraph (4)(C)(ii) after "(1)(B) or (2)"; and (2) by striking out "authorized in section 612(b), (c), (d), and (e)" in paragraph (6)(A)(i) and inserting in lieu thereof "described in sections 610 and 612". 38 USC 610, 612. READJUSTMENT COUNSELING PROGRAM FOR VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA

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SEC. 103. (a)(1) Subchapter II of chapter 17 is amended by inserting after section 612 the following new section: "§612A. Eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services "(a) Upon the request of any veteran who served on active duty during the Vietnam era, the Administrator shall, within the limits of Veterans' Administration facilities, furnish counseling to such veteran to assist such veteran in readjusting to civilian life if such veteran requests such counseling within two years after the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty or two years after the effective date of this section, whichever is later. Such counseling shall include a general mental and psychological assess-

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