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 97 STAT. 996 PUBLIC LAW 98-160—NOV. 21, 1983 Study. 38 USC 620 note. Report to congressional committees. "§ 620. Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care". (3) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 is amended to read as follows: "620. Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care.". (b) If the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs furnishes adult day health care under section 620(f) of title 38, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), the Administrator shall conduct a study of the medical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of furnishing such care as an alternative for nursing home care and of the comparative advan- tages and disadvantages of providing such care through facilities that are not under the direct jurisdiction of the Administrator and through facilities that are under the direct jurisdiction of the Administrator. (c) Not later than February 1, 1988, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing— (1) the results of the study conducted under subsection (b) (if such a study is conducted); (2) the Administrator's recommendation with respect to ex- tending or repealing the date in subsection (f)(3) of section 620 of title 38, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)); and (3) any other recommendation that the Administrator con- siders appropriate for legislative and administrative action with respect to the furnishing of such care. COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL CARE SEC. 104. (a) Subchapter III of chapter 17 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 38 USC 630. "§ 630. Community residential care "(a)(1) Subject to this section and regulations to be prescribed by the Administrator under this section, the Administrator may assist a veteran by referring such veteran for placement in, and aiding such veteran in obtaining placement in, a community residential- care facility if— "(A) at the time of initiating the assistance the Admin- istrator— "(i) is furnishing the veteran medical services on an outpatient basis or hospital, domiciliary, or nursing home care; or "(ii) has furnished the veteran such care or services within the preceding 12 months; and "(B) placement of the veteran in a community residential-care facility is appropriate. "(b)(1) The Administrator may not provide Eissistance under sub- section (a) of this section with respect to a community residential- care facility unless such facility is approved by the Administrator for the purposes of this section. "(2) The Administrator's approval of a facility for the purposes of this section shall be based upon the Administrator's determination, after inspection of the facility, that the facility meets the standards Standards. established in regulations prescribed under this section. Such stand- ards shall include the following:

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