Veterans Acts

By Government Printing Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000026522
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.2 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Veterans Acts
Author:	Government Printing Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Economic & political studies
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Printing Office
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago Office, G. P. (n.d.). Veterans Acts. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: Amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of extended care services for veterans, to make other improvements in health care programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to enhance compensation, memorial affairs, and housing programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve retirement authorities applicable to judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Section 1. Short Title; Table Of Contents. (A) Short Title.-This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.” (b) Table Of Contents.-The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. Sec. 3. Secretary and Department defined. Title I-ACCESS TO CARE Subtitle A-Long-Term Care Sec. 101. Requirement to provide extended care services. Sec. 102. Pilot programs relating to long-term care. Sec. 103. Pilot program relating to assisted living. Subtitle B-Other Access to Care Matters Sec. 111. Reimbursement for emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. Sec. 112. Eligibility for care of combat-injured veterans. Sec. 113. Access to care for TRICARE-eligible military retirees. Sec. 114. Treatment and services for drug or alcohol dependency. Sec. 115. Counseling and treatment for veterans who have experienced sexual trauma. Sec. 116. Specialized mental health services. Title II-MEDICAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION Sec. 201. Medical care collections. Sec. 202. Health Services Improvement Fund. Sec. 203. Allocation to health care facilities of amounts made available from Medical Care Collections Fund. Sec. 204. Authority to accept funds for education and training. Sec. 205. Extension of certain authorities. Sec. 206. Reestablishment of Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Sec. 207. State home grant program. Sec. 208. Expansion of enhanced-use lease authority. Sec. 209. Ineligibility for employment by Veterans Health Administration of health care professionals who have lost license to practice in one jurisdiction while still licensed in another jurisdiction. Sec. 210. Report on coordination of procurement of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. Sec. 211. Reimbursement of medical expenses of veterans located in Alaska. Title III-MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAL PROVISIONS Sec. 301. Review of proposed changes to operation of medical facilities. Sec. 302. Patient services at Department facilities. Sec. 303. Chiropractic treatment. Sec. 304. Designation of hospital bed replacement building at Ioannis A. Lougaris Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Reno, Nevada. Title IV-CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MATTERS Sec. 401. Authorization of major medical facility projects. Sec. 402. Authorization of major medical facility leases.

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