Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/1098

 94 STAT. 1048

PUBLIC LAW 96-330—AUG. 26, 1980

to carry out such program and on the status of the implementation of such program. TITLE III-GERIATIC RESEARCH AND CARE PURPOSE

38 USC 4101 "°*^

SEC. 301. The purposes of this title are (1) to improve and expand the capability of Veterans' Administration health-care facilities to respond with the most effective and appropriate services possible to the medical, psychological and social needs of the increasing number of older veterans, and (2) to advance scientific knowledge regarding such needs and the methods of meeting them by facilitating higher quality geriatric care for eligible older veterans through geriatric and gerontological research, the training of health personnel in the provision of health care to older individuals, and the development of improved models of clinical services for eligible older veterans. CENTERS OF GERIATRIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CLINICAL ACTIVITIES

Ante, p. 1036.

Supra.

SEC. 302. Section 4101, as amended by section 105(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f)(1)(A) The Administrator, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director and pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, shall designate not more than fifteen Veterans' Administration health-care facilities as the locations for centers of geriatric research, education, and clinical activities and (subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds for such purpose) shall establish and operate such centers at such locations in accordance with this subsection. "(B) In designating locations for centers under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Administrator, upon the recommendation of the ChiefMedical Director, shall— "(i) designate each Veterans' Administration health-care facility that on the date of the enactment of the Veterans' Administration Health-Care Amendments of 1980 is operating a geriatric research, education, and clinical center unless, on the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director, the Administrator determines that such facility does not meet the requirements of subparagraph (C) of this paragraph or has not demonstrated effectiveness in carrying out the established purposes of such center or the purposes of title III of the Veterans' Administration Health-Care Amendments of 1980 or the potential to carry out such purposes effectively in the reasonably foreseeable future; and "(ii) assure appropriate geographic distribution of such facilities. "(C) The Administrator may not designate any health-care facility as a location for a center under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph unless the Administrator, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director, determines that the facility has (or may reasonably be anticipated to develop)— "(i) an arrangement with an accredited medical school which provides education and training in geriatrics and with which such facility is affiliated under which residents receive education and training in geriatrics through regular rotation through such center and through nursing home, extended care, or domiciliary units of such facility so as to provide such residents with training

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