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 98 STAT. 2692

National Center on PostTraumaticStress Disorder, establishment.

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PUBLIC LAW 98-528—OCT. 19, 1984

(E) special programs of education and training for employees of the Department of Medicine and Surgery and the Department of Veterans' Benefits (also taking into account such provisions); (F) the appropriate allocation of resources for all such activities; and (G) any specific steps that should be taken to improve such diagnosis and treatment and to correct any deficiencies in the operations of designated PTSD programs. (c) The Chief Medical Director shall establish and operate in the Department of Medicine and Surgery a National Center on PostTraumatic-Stress Disorder. The National Center (1) shall carry out and promote the training of health care and related personnel in, and research into, the causes and diagnosis of PTSD and the treatment of veterans for PTSD, and (2) shall serve as a resource center for, and promote and seek to coordinate the exchange of information regarding, all research and training activities carried out by the Veterans' Administration, and by other Federal and non-Federal entities, with respect to PTSD. (d) The Chief Medical Director shall regularly compile and publish the results of research that has been conducted relating to PTSD. (e)(1) Not later than March 1, 1985, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the implementation of this section. The report shall include the following: (A) A list of the members of the Special Committee. (B) A list of all designated PTSD programs and other programs providing treatment for PTSD, together with a description of the resources that have been allocated for the development and operation of each such program, a description of the education and training that has been provided for Veterans' Administration health-care personnel in such programs and elsewhere within the Veterans' Administration in the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD, and specification of the funding that has been allocated to each such program and elsewhere within the Veterans' Administration to support research relating to PTSD. (C) The assessment of the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration, after consultation with the Special Committee, regarding the capability of the Veterans' Administration to meet the needs for inpatient and outpatient PTSD diagnosis and treatment (both through designated PTSD programs and otherwise) of veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, former prisoners of war, and other veterans eligible for health care from the Veterans' Administration and the efficacy of the treatment so provided, as well as a description of the results of any evaluations that have been made of PTSD treatment programs. (D) The plans of the Special Committee for further assessments of the capability of the Veterans' Administration to diagnose and treat veterans with PTSD. (E) The recommendations made by the Special Committee to the Chief Medical Director and the views of the Chief Medical Director on such recommendations. (F) A summary of the results of research conducted by the Veterans' Administration relating to PTSD.

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