Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1079

 PUBLIC LAW 97-72—NOV. 3, 1981

95 STAT. 1053

(d)(1) The heading of subchapter IV of chapter 17 is amended to read as follows: "Subchapter IV—Hospital Care and Medical Treatment for Veterans in the Republic of the Philippines". (2) The item relating to such subchapter in the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended to read as follows: "SUBCHAPTER IV—HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR VETERANS IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES". MINIMUM NUMBER OF HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME BEDS IN MEDICAL FACIIJTIES OF THE VETERANS* ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 108. (a)(1) Paragraph (1) of section 5010(a) is amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The Administrator shall establish the total number of hospital beds and nursing home beds in medical facilities over which the Administrator has direct jurisdiction for the care and treatment of eligible veterans at not more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand and not less than one hundred thousand. The Administrator shall establish the total number of such beds so as to maintain a contingency capacity to assist the Department of Defense in time of war or national emergency to care for the casualties of such war or national emergency. Of the number of beds authorized pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Administrator shall operate and maintain a total of not less than ninety thousand hospital beds and nursing home beds and shall maintain the availability of such additional beds and facilities in addition to the operating bed level as the Administrator considers necessary for such contingency purposes. The President shall include in the Budget transmitted to the Congress for each fiscal year pursuant to section 201(a) of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11(a)), an amount for medical care and amounts for construction sufficient to enable the Veterans' Administration to operate and maintain a total of not less than ninety thousand hospital and nursing home beds in accordance with this paragraph and to maintain the availability of the contingency capacity referred to in the second sentence of this paragraph.. (2) Paragraph (3) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(3)(A) The Chief Medical Director shall at the end of each fiscal year (i) analyze agencywide admission policies and the records of those eligible veterans who apply for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care, but are rejected or not immediately admitted or provided such care or services, and (ii) review and make recommendations regarding the adequacy of the established operating bed levels, the geographic distribution of operating beds, the demographic characteristics of the veteran population and the associated need for medical care and nursing home facilities and services in each State, and the proportion of the total number of operating beds that are hospital beds and that are nursing home beds. "(B) After considering the analyses and recommendations of the Chief Medical Director pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph for any fiscal year, the Administrator shall report to the committees, on or before December 1 after the close of such fiscal year, on the results of the analysis of the Chief Medical Director and

38 USC 5010.

Presidential transmittal to Congress.

Admission policy, analysis and recommendation.

Report to congressional committees.

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