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 PUBLIC LAW 96-330—AUG. 26, 1980

94 STAT. 1051

be a qualified physician trained in, or having suitable extensive experience in, geriatrics who shall be responsible to the Chief Medical Director for evaluating all research, educational, and clinical healthcare programs carried out in the Department in the field of geriatrics and who shall serve as the principal advisor to the Chief Medical Director with respect to such programs.". EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 304. (a) The amendments made by sections 302 and 303 shall take effect on October 1, 1980. (b) The Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee required to be established by the Administrator in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration pursuant to subsection (f)(2)(A) of section 4101 of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 302, shall be established not later than January 1, 1981. TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

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STANDARDS FOR PRESUMPTION OF INABILITY TO DEFRAY MEDICAL EXPENSES

SEC. 401. (a) Section 622 is amended to read as follows: "§ 622. Evidence of inability to defray necessary expenses 38 USC 622. "For the purposes of sections 610(a)(1)(B), 610(b)(2), 624(c), and 632(a)(2) of this title, the fact that an individual is— 38 ^se 6io, 624, "(1) eligible to receive medical assistance under a State plan approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396etseq.); "(2) a veteran with a service-connected disability; or "(3) in receipt of pension under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration; shall be accepted as sufficient evidence of such individual's inability to defray necessary expenses.". (b) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 is amended to read as follows: "622. Evidence of inability to defray necessary expenses.". REVOLVING SUPPLY FUND

SEC. 402. (a) Section 5021(a) is amended— (1) by inserting after "direct" in clause (2) "cost (which may be based on the cost of recent significant purchases of the equipment or supply item involved)"; and (2) by striking out the second sentence in such section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "At the end of each fiscal year, there shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts such amounts as the Administrator determines to be in excess of the requirements necessary for the maintenance of adequate inventory levels and for the effective financial management of the revolving supply fund.". (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as of October 1, 1979.

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Effective date. 38 USC 5021 note.

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