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 PUBLIC LAW 98-160—NOV. 21, 1983 97 STAT. 995 and compensation programs with respect to post-traumatic stress disorder; and (5) such recommendations for administrative and legislative action as the Administrator considers appropriate in light of the results of the study. (c) For the purpose of this section: (1) The terms "veteran", "service-connected", and "active duty" have the meanings provided in sections 101(2), (16), and (21), respectively, of title 38, United States Code. (2) The term "Vietnam veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the Republic of Vietnam or elsewhere in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era (as defined in section 101(29) of such title). Definitions. ADULT DAY HEALTH-CARE SERVICES SEC. 103. (a)(1) Section 620 is amended by adding at the end the 38 USC 620. following new subsection: "(f)(l)(A) The Administrator is authorized to furnish adult day health care as provided for in this subsection. For the purpose only of authorizing the furnishing of such care and specifying the terms and conditions under which it may be furnished to veterans needing such care— "(i) references to 'nursing home care' in subsections (a) through (d) of this section shall be deemed to be references to 'adult day health care'; and "(ii) a veteran who is eligible for medical services under section 612(fK2) of this title shall be deemed to be a veteran described in subsection (a)(1) of this section. "(B) The Administrator may provide in-kind assistance (through the services of Veterans' Administration employees and the sharing of other Veterans' Administration resources) to a facility furnishing care to veterans under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. Any such in-kind assistance shall be provided under a contract between the Veterans' Administration and the facility concerned. The Ad- Reimbursement. ministrator may provide such assistance only for usc solely in the furnishing of adult day health care and only if, under such contract, the Veterans' Administration receives reimbursement for the full cost of such assistance, including the cost of services and supplies and normal depreciation and amortization of equipment. Such reim- bursement may be made by reduction in the charges to the United States or by payment to the United States. Any funds received through such reimbursement shall be credited to funds allotted to the Veterans' Administration facility that provided the assistance. "(2) The Administrator may conduct, at facilities over which the Administrator has direct jurisdiction, programs for the furnishing of adult day health care to veterans who are eligible for such care under paragraph (1) of this subsection, except that necessary travel and incidental expenses (or transportation in lieu thereof) may be furnished under such a program only under the terms and condi- tions set forth in section 111 of this title. The furnishing of care under any such program shall be subject to the limitations that are applicable to the duration of adult day health care furnished under paragraph (1) of this subsection. "(3) Adult day health care may not be furnished under this section Restriction. after September 30, 1988.". (2) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:

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