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 PUBLIC LAW 98-528—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2693

(G) A description of the steps taken, plans made (and a timetable for their execution), and resources to be applied to implement subsections (b) and (c). (H) The assessment of the Administrator of the capacity of the Veterans' Administration to meet in all geographic areas of the United States the needs described in subparagraph (C) and any plans and timetable for increasing that capacity (including the costs of such action). (2) Not later than February 1, 1986, and February 1 of each of the three following years, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing information updating the reports submitted under this subsection before the submission of such report.

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ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION GUIDELINES

SEC. 111. Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs (1) shall issue guidelines for the treatment and rehabilitation of veterans for alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabilities under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, in facilities over which the Administrator has direct jurisdiction, and (2) shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report (including a copy of such guidelines) on the implementation of this section. TITLE II—REPORTS REPORT ON VETERANS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS FOR TERMINALLY ILL VETERANS

SEC. 201. (a) Not later than September 30, 1985, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on programs of the Veterans' Administration to furnish palliative care, supportive counseling, and other medical services to terminally ill veterans and, pursuant to section 601(6)(B) of title 38, United States Code, supportive counseling to members of such veterans' families. (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A review of Veterans' Administration policies and guidelines on the provision of care, counseling, and services described in subsection (a). (2) A review of the care, counseling, and services furnished, including the treatment modalities used and services furnished by the Veterans' Administration. (3) An analysis and a comparison of the care, counseling, and services furnished with respect to terminally ill veterans in hospice and other Veterans' Administration programs, including a comparison of the routine and ancillary services, of the duration of inpatient and outpatient treatment and hospitalbased home care, and of the cost of care furnished in such programs. (4) An explanation of how the care, counseling, and services described in subsection (a) are or will be included in the overall plans of the Veterans' Administration for providing health care to older veterans in the future and the extent to which plans to furnish hospice care are included in such plans.

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