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 93 STAT. 54

PUBLIC LAW 96-22—JUNE 13, 1979 TITLE II—CONTRACT-CARE PROGRAMS DEFINITION OF "VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES"

38 USC 601. 38 USC 612.

Treatment in private facility, review.

Reports to congressional committees. 38 USC 601 note.

38 USC 101. 38 USC 601, ante, p. 48; 38 USC 610; 38 USC 612; ante, p. 48; ante, p. 50.

SEC. 201. (a) Paragraph (4) of section 601 is amended— (1) by inserting "or of a veteran described in section 612(g) of this title if the Administrator has determined, based on an examination by a physician employed by the Veterans' Administration (or, in areas where no such physician is available, by a physician carrying out such function under a contract or fee arrangement), that the medical condition of such veteran precludes appropriate treatment in facilities described in clauses (A) and (B) of this paragraph" before the semicolon at the end of subclause (ii) of clause (C); (2) by striking out "or" after the semicolon at the end of subclause (iv) of clause (C), and striking out the period at the end of such clause and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: "or (vi) diagnostic services necessary for determination of eligibility for, or of the appropriate course of treatment in connection with, the provision of medical services at independent Veterans' Administration outpatient clinics to obviate the need for hospital admission."; and (3) by adding below clause (C) the following new sentence: "In the case of any veteran for whom the Administrator contracts to provide treatment in a private facility pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, the Administrator shall periodically review the necessity for continuing such contractual arrangement pursuant to such provision.". (b) Not later than February 1, 1980, and annually thereafter, the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress, through the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, a full report on the implementation of section 601(4)(C)(v) of title 38, United States Code, and the amendments made by this section, and on the numbers of veterans provided contract treatment (and the average cost and duration thereof) in each State (as defined in section 101(20) of title 38, United States Code) in the categories described in the following provisions of such title: sections 601(4)(C), 610(a), 612(a), 612(f)(1)(A), 612(f)(1)(B), 612(f)(2), 612(g), 612A (as added by section 103(a)(1) of this Act), the third sentence of section 612(f) (as added by section 102(b)(2) of this Act), and section 620A (as added by section 104(a) of this Act). EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AT NATIONAL CONVENTIONS OF RECOGNIZED VETERANS' SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

38 USC 611.

SEC. 202. Section 611 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c)(1) The Administrator may contract with any organization recognized by the Administrator for the purposes of section 3402 of this title to provide for the furnishing by the Administrator, on a reimbursable basis (as prescribed by the Administrator), of emergency medical services to individuals attending any national convention of such organization, except that reimbursement shall not be required for services furnished under this subsection to the extent that the individual receiving such services would otherwise be eligible under this chapter for medical services.

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