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 99 STAT. 946 38 USC 612B.

PUBLIC LAW 99-166—DEC. 3, 1985 "§ 612B. Counseling for former prisoners of war "The Administrator may establish a program under which, upon the request of a veteran who is a former prisoner of war, the Administrator, within the limits of Veterans' Administration facilities, furnishes counseling to such veteran to assist such veteran i n overcoming the psychological effects of the veteran's detention or internment as a prisoner of war.". Ob) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 612A the following new item: "612B. Counseling for former prisoners of war.". SEC. 108. TRANSFERS FOR NURSING HOME CARE.

38 USC 620.

Prohibition.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 620 is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may transfer to a non-Veterans' Administration nursing home, for care at the expense of the United States— "(A) a veteran— "(i) who has been furnished hospital care, nursing home care, or domiciliary care by the Administrator in a facility under the direct jurisdiction of the Administrator; and "(ii) who the Administrator determines— "(I) requires a protracted period of nursing home care which can be furnished in the non-Veterans' Administration nursing home; and "(II) in the case of a veteran who has been furnished hospital care in a facility under the direct jurisdiction of the Administrator, has received maximum benefits from such care; and "(B) a member of the Armed Forces— "(i) who has been furnished care in a hospital of the Armed Forces; "(ii) who the Secretary concerned determines has received maximum benefits from such care but requires a protracted period of nursing home care; and "(iii) who upon discharge from the Armed Forces will become a veteran. "(2) The Administrator may transfer a person to a nursing home under this subsection only if the Administrator determines that the cost to the United States of the care of such person in the nursing home will not exceed— "(A) the amount equal to 45 percent of the cost of care furnished by the Veterans' Administration in a general hospital under the direct jurisdiction of the Administrator (as such cost may be determined annually by the Administrator); or "(B) the amount equal to 50 percent of such cost, if such higher amount is determined to be necessary by the Administrator (upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director) to provide adequate care. "(3) Nursing homo care may not be furnished under this subsection at the expense of the United States for more than six months in the aggregate in connection with any one transfer except— "(A) in the case of a veteran—

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