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for which such persons were discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service; (ii) hospital care for women veterans; or (iii) hospital care for veterans in a State, territory, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States not contiguous to the forty-eight contiguous States, except that the annually determined average hospital patient load per thousand veteran population hospitalized at Veterans' Administration expense in Government and private facilities in each such noncontiguous State may not exceed the average patient load per thousand veteran population hospitalized by the Veterans' Administration within the forty-eight contiguous States; but authority under this clause (iii) shall expire on December 31, 1978.

(5) The term "hospital care" includes

(A) (i) medical services rendered in the course of the hospitalization of any veteran, and (ii) transportation and incidental expenses for any veteran who is in need of treatment for a service-connected disability or is unable to defray the expense of transportation;

(B) such mental health services, consultation, professional counseling, and training (including (i) necessary expenses for transportation if unable to defray such expenses; or (ii) necessary expenses of transportation and subsistence in the case of a veteran who is receiving care for a service-connected disability, or in the case of a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section 613(b) of this title, under the terms and conditions set forth in section 111 of this title) of the members of the immediate family (including legal guardians) of a veteran or such a dependent or survivor of a veteran, or, in the case of a veteran or such dependent or survivor of a veteran who has no immediate family members (or legal guardian), the person in whose household such veteran, or such a dependent or survivor certifies his intention to live, as may be necessary or appropriate to the effective treatment and rehabilitation of a veteran or such a dependent or a survivor of a veteran; and

(C) (i) medical services rendered in the course of the hospitalization of a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section 613(b) of this title, and (ii) transportation and incidental expenses for such dependent or survivor of a veteran who is in need of treatment for any injury, disease, or disability and is unable to defray the expense of transportation.

(6) The term "medical services" includes, in addition to medical examination and treatment, such home health services as the Administrator determines to be necessary or appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of a disability of a veteran or a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section 613(b) of this title, optometrists' services, dental and surgical services, and (except under the conditions described in section 612(f) (1)) dental appliances, wheelchairs, artificial limbs, trusses, and similar appliances, special clothing made necessary by the wearing of prosthetic

appliances, and such other supplies as the Administrator determines to be reasonable and necessary.

(As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 101, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 179.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Par. (4) (C). Pub. L. 93-82, § 101 (a), extended the Administrator's contract authority for providing hospital care and medical services to persons suffering from service-connected disabilities or from disabilities for which such persons were discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service and removed the limitation on such authority that such care be rendered in emergency cases only.

Par. (5). Pub. L. 93-82, § 101 (b), incorporated existing provisions in subpar. (A), and added subpars. (B) and (C).

Par. (6). Pub. L. 93-82, § 101 (c), expanded the definition of "medical services" to include home health services determined by the Secretary to be necessary or appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of a disability of a veteran or a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under section 613 (b) of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82 provided that: "The provisions of this Act [see Short Title note under this section] shall become effective the first day of the first calendar month following the date of enactment [Aug. 2, 1973], except that sections 105 and 106 [amending section 626 of this title and enacting section 628 of this title] shall be effective on January 1, 1971; section 107 [enacting sections 631 and 632 of this title and provisions set out as note under section 632 of this title] shall be effective July 1, 1973; and section 203 [amending section 4107 of this title] shall become effective beginning the first pay period following thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 2, 1973]."

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 93-82 provided: "That this Act [which enacted sections 613, 614, 628, 631, 632, 651 to 654, 4108 and 5007 of this title, amended this section and sections 230, 234, 610, 612, 620, 626, 641, 644, 4101, 4103, 4107 to 4109, 4112, 4114, 4116, 4117, 5001, 5012, 5033 to 5036, 5053 of this title, enacted provisions set out as a note under section 632 of this title, and repealed provisions set out in prior sections 613, 614, 631, 632, and 4108 of this title] may be cited as the 'Veterans Health Care Expansion Act of 1973'."

SUBCHAPTER II.-HOSPITAL OR DOMICILIARY CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT

§ 610. Eligibility for hospital and domiciliary care.

(a) The Administrator, within the limits of Veterans' Administration facilities, may furnish hospital care or nursing home care which he determines is needed to

(1) (A) any veteran for a service-connected disability; or

(B) any veteran for a non-service-connected disability if he is unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care;

(c) While any veteran is receiving hospital care or nursing home care in any Veterans' Administration facility, the Administrator may, within the limits of Veterans' Administration facilities, furnish medical services to correct or treat any non-service-connected disability of such veteran, in addition to treatment incident to the disability for which he is hospitalized, if the veteran is willing, and the Administrator finds such services to be reasonably necessary to protect the health of such veteran.

(d) In no case may nursing home care be furnished in a hospital not under the direct and exclusive jurisdiction of the Administrator except as provided in section 620 of this title. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 102, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 180.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–82, § 102(1), (2), extended the authority of the Administrator to furnish nursing home care, and in par. (1) (B), substituted "any veteran for a" for "a veteran of any war or of service after January 31, 1955, for".

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93–82, § 102(3), expanded the provision regarding medical services to include nursing home care and eliminated the requirement that the Administrator make a determination in each instance that the non-service-connected disability would be in the veteran's interest, would not prolong his hospitalization, and, would not interfere with the furnishing of hospital facilities to other veterans.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-82, § 102(4), added subsec. (d). EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 612 of this title.

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(f) The Administrator may also furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis

(1) to any veteran eligible for hospital care under section 610 of this title (A) where such services are reasonably necessary in preparation for, or to obviate the need of, hospital admission, or (B) where such a veteran has been granted hospital care and such medical services are reasonably necessary to complete treatment incident to such hospital care; and

(2) to any veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at 80 per centum or more.

(As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 103 (a), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 180.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 93-82 substituted provisions relating to the furnishing of medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis to veterans eligible for hospital care where such services are necessary in preparation for, or to obviate the need of, hospital admission, or where such veteran has been granted hospital care and such medical services are reasonably necessary to complete treatment incident to such hospital care and to veterans who have a service-connected disability rated at 80 per centum or more for provisions relating to the furnishing of medical services for a non-service connected disability where such care is reasonably necessary in preparation for admission of a veteran who has been determined to need hospital care and who has been scheduled for admission, where a veteran has been granted hospital care, and outpatient care is reasonably necessary to complete treatment incident to such hospital care, and where a veteran of any war has a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 5001 of this title.

§ 613. Medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans.

(a) The Administrator is authorized to provide medical care, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, for

(1) the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, permanent in nature, resulting from a service-connected disability, and

(2) the widow or child of a veteran who died as a result of a service-connected disability who are not otherwise eligible for medical care under chapter 55 of title 10 (CHAMPUS).

(b) In order to accomplish the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall provide for medical care in the same or similar manner and subject to the same or similar limitations as medical care is furnished to certain dependents and survivors of active duty and retired members of the Armed Forces under chapter 55 of title 10 (CHAMPUS), by

(1) entering into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense under which the Secretary shall include coverage for such medical care under the contract, or contracts, he enters into to carry out such chapter 55, and under which the Administrator shall fully reimburse the Secretary for all costs and expenditures made for the purposes of affording the medical care authorized pursuant to this section; or

(2) contracting in accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe for such insurance, medical service, or health plans as he deems appropriate.

In cases in which Veterans' Administration medical facilities are particularly equipped to provide the most effective care and treatment, the Administrator is also authorized to carry out such purposes through the use of such facilities not being utilized for the care of eligible veterans. (Added Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 103(b), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 181.)

CODIFICATION

A prior section 613, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1143, which related to fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances, was repealed by section 103(b) of Pub. L. 93-82, and is now covered by section 614(a) of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 601 of this title.

§ 614. Fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances; seeing-eye dogs.

(a) Any veteran who is entitled to a prosthetic appliance shall be furnished such fitting and training, including institutional training, in the use of such appliance as may be necessary, whether in a Veterans' Administration facility or other training institution, or by outpatient treatment, including such service under contract, and including necessary travel expenses to and from his home to such hospital or training institution.

(b) The Administrator may provide seeing-eye or guide dogs trained for the aid of the blind to veterans who are entitled to disability compensation, and he may pay all necessary travel expenses to and

from their homes and incurred in becoming adjusted to such seeing-eye or guide dogs. The Administrator may also provide such veterans with mechanical or electronic equipment for aiding them in overcoming the handicap of blindness. (Added Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 103 (b), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 181.)

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those comprising subsec. (a) of this section were contained in Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1143 (formerly classified to section 613 of this title prior to repeal thereof by section 103(b) of Pub. L. 93-82.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

§ 616. Hospital care by other agencies of the United States.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

§ 620. Transfers for nursing home care.

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may transfer

(1) Any veteran who has been furnished care by the Administrator in a hospital under the direct and exclusive jurisdiction of the Administrator, and

(2) any person (A) who has been furnished care in any hospital of any of the Armed Forces, (B) who the appropriate Secretary concerned has determined has received maximum hospital benefits but requires a protracted period of nursing home care, and (C) who upon discharge therefrom will become a veteran

to any public or private institution not under the jurisdiction of the Administrator which furnishes nursing home care, for care at the expense of the United States, only if the Administrator determines that

(1) such veteran has received maximum benefits from such care in such hospital, but will require a protracted period of nursing home care which can be furnished in such institution, and

(ii) the cost of such nursing home care in such institution will not exceed 40 per centum of the cost of care furnished by the Veterans' Administration in a general hospital under the direct and exclusive jurisdiction of the Administrator, as such cost may be determined from time to time by the Administrator.

Nursing home care may not be furnished pursuant to this section at the expense of the United States for more than six months in the aggregate in connection with any one transfer, except (I) in the case of the veteran whose hospitalization was primarily for a service-connected disability, or (II) where in the judgment of the Administrator a longer period is warranted in the case of any other veteran. Any veteran who is furnished care by the Administrator in a hospital in Alaska or Hawaii may be furnished nursing home care under the provisions of

this section even if such hospital is not under the direction and exclusive jurisdiction of the Administrator.

(b) No veteran may be transferred or admitted to any institution for nursing home care under this section, unless such institution is determined by the Administrator to meet such standards as he may prescribe. The standards prescribed and any report of inspection of institutions furnishing care to veterans under this section made by or for the Administrator shall, to the extent possible, be made available to all Federal, State, and local agencies charged with the responsibility of licensing or otherwise regulating or inspecting such institutions.

(d) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may authorize for any veteran requiring nursing home care for a service-connected disability direct admission for such care at the expense of the United States to any public or private institution not under the jurisdiction of the Administrator which furnishes nursing home care. Such admission may be authorized upon determination of need therefor by a physician employed by the Veterans' Administration or, in areas where no such physician is available, carrying out such function under contract or fee arrangement based on an examination by such physician. The amount which may be paid for such care and the length of care available under this subsection shall be the same as authorized under subsection (a) of this section. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 104, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 182.)

AMENDMENTS

1973 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-82, § 104(a), (b), designated cls. (1) and (2) as (1) and (ii), respectively, and in the provisions preceding cl. (1) as so designated, substituted authority of the Administrator to transfer veterans and other persons under pars. (1) and (2), for authority of the Administrator to transfer veterans who have been furnished care by the Administrator in a hospital under the direct and exclusive jurisdiction of the Administrator, to any public or private institution not under the jurisdiction of the Administrator which furnishes nursing home care for care at the expense of the United States, and in the provisions following cl. (ii) as so designated, substituted designations (I) and (II) for designations (A) and (B).

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-82, § 104(c), added provisions relating to the admissions of veterans to institutions for nursing home care and for the furnishing of standards and reports to Federal, State and local agencies charged with the responsibility of licensing or otherwise regulating or inspecting such institutions.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-82, § 104(d), added subsec. (d). EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 610, 624, 632, 5001 of this title.

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section 620 (a) of this title and at the same rate as specified in section 632(a) (4) of this title, to any veteran who has been furnished hospital care in the Philippines pursuant to this section, but who requires a protracted period of nursing home care. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 108, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 186.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Pub. L. 93-82 inserted "nursing home care" in the section catchline and added subsec. (d).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

§ 625. Repealed. Pub. L. 93-43, § 4(b), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 79.

Section, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1144; Pub. L. 91-24, § 6(a), June 11, 1969, 83 Stat. 34, related to arrests for crimes in hospital and domiciliary reservations, and is now covered by section 218 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Section repealed effective June 18, 1973, see section 10(a) of Pub. L. 93-43, set out as a note under section 1000 of this title.

§ 626. Reimbursement for loss of personal effects by natural disaster.

The Administrator shall, under regulations which he shall prescribe, reimburse veterans in Veterans' Administration hospitals and domiciliaries for any loss of personal effects sustained by fire, earthquake, or other natural disaster while such effects were stored in designated locations in Veterans' Administration hospitals or domiciliaries. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 105, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 183.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Pub. L. 93-82 substituted "natural disaster" for "fire" in the section catchline and extended reimbursement provisions to earthquake and other natural disasters also.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Jan. 1, 1971, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

§ 628. Reimbursement of certain medical expenses.

(a) The Administrator may, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, reimburse veterans entitled to hospital care or medical services under this chapter for the reasonable value of such care or services (including necessary travel), for which such veterans have made payment, from sources other than the Veterans' Administration, where

(1) such care or services were rendered in a medical emergency of such nature that they would have been hazardous to life or health;

(2) such care or services were rendered to a veteran in need thereof (A) for an adjudicated service-connected disability, (B) for a non-serviceconnected disability associated with and held to be aggravating a service-connected disability, (C) for any disability of a veteran who has a total disability permanent in nature from a serviceconnected disability, or (D) for any illness, injury, or dental condition in the case of a veteran who is found to be (i) in need of vocational rehabilitation under chapter 31 of this title and for whom an objective had been selected or (ii) pursuing a course of vocational rehabilitation training and is

medically determined to have been in need of care or treatment to make possible his entrance into a course of training, or prevent interruption of a course of training, or hasten the return to a course of training which was interrupted because of such illness, injury, or dental condition; and

(3) Veterans' Administration or other Federal facilities were not feasibly available, and an attempt to use them beforehand would not have been reasonable, sound, wise, or practical.

(b) In any case where reimbursement would be in order under subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator may, in lieu of reimbursing such veteran, make payment of the reasonable value of care or services directly

(1) to the hospital or other health facility furnishing the care or services; or

(2) to the person or organization making such expenditure on behalf of such veteran.

(Added Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 106(a), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 183.)

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Section effective July 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title. § 632. Contracts and grants to provide hospital care, medical services and nursing home care.

(a) The President, with the concurrence of the Republic of the Philippines, may authorize the Administrator to enter into a contract with the Veterans Memorial Hospital, with the approval of the appropriate department of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, covering the period beginning on July 1, 1973, and ending on June 30, 1978, under which the United States

(1) will pay for hospital care in the Republic of the Philippines, or for medical services which shall be provided either in the Veterans Memorial Hospital, or by contract, or otherwise by the Administrator in accordance with the conditions and limitations applicable generally to beneficiaries under section 612 of this title, for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts determined by the Administrator to be in need of such hospital care or medical services for service-connected disabilities;

(2) will pay for hospital care at the Veterans Memorial Hospital for Commonwealth Army veterans, and for new Philippine Scouts if they enlisted before July 4, 1946, determined by the Administrator to need such care for non-serviceconnected disabilities if they are unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care;

(3) may provide for the payment of travel expenses pursuant to section 111 of this title for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts in connection with hospital care or medical services furnished them;

(4) may provide for payments for nursing home care, on the same terms and conditions as set forth in section 620(a) of this title, for any Commonwealth Army veteran or new Philippine Scout determined to need such care at a per diem rate not to exceed 50 per centum of the hospital per diem rate established pursuant to clause (6) of this subsection;

(5) may provide that payments for hospital care and for medical services provided to Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts or to United States veterans may consist in whole or in part of available medicines, medical supplies, and equipment furnished by the Administrator to the Veterans Memorial Hospital at valuations therefor as determined by the Administrator, who may furnish through the revolving supply fund, pursuant to section 5011 of this title, such medicines, medical supplies, and equipment as necessary for this purpose and to use therefore, as applicable, appropriations available for such payments;

(6) will provide for payments for such hospital care at a per diem rate to be jointly determined for each fiscal year by the two Governments to be fair and reasonable; and

(7) may stop payments under any such contract upon reasonable notice as stipulated by the contract if the Republic of the Philippines and the Veterans Memorial Hospital fail to maintain such hospital in a well-equipped and effective operating condition, as determined by the Administrator.

(b) The total of the payments authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall not exceed $2,000,000 for any one fiscal year ending before July 1, 1978, which shall include an amount not to exceed $250,000 for any one such fiscal year for the purposes of clause (4) of such subsection.

(c) The contract authorized by subsection (a) of this section may provide for the use by the Republic of the Philippines of beds, equipment, and other facilities of the Veterans Memorial Hospital at Manila, not required for hospital care of Commonwealth Army veterans or new Philippine Scouts for serviceconnected disabilities, for hospital care of other persons in the discretion of the Republic of the Philippines except that (1) priority of admission and retention in such hospital shall be accorded Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts needing hospital care for service-connected disabilities, and (2) such use shall not preclude the use of available facilities in such hospital on a contract basis for hospital care or medical services for persons eligible therefor from the Veterans' Administration.

(d) To further assure the effective care and treatment of patients in the Veterans Memorial Hospital, there is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year during the five years beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1978

(1) the sum of $50,000 to be used by the Administrator for making grants to the Veterans Memorial Hospital for the purpose of education and training of health service personnel who are assigned to such hospital; and

(2) the sum of $50,000 to be used by the Administrator for making grants to the Veterans Memorial Hospital for the purpose of assisting the Republic of the Philippines in the replacement and upgrading of equipment and in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of such hospital. Such grants shall be made on such terms and conditions as prescribed by the Administrator, including approval by him of all education and training programs conducted by the hospital under such grants. Any appropriation made for carrying out the purposes of clause (2) of this subsection shall remain available until expended. (Added Pub. L. 93-82, title I, § 107(a), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 184.)

CODIFICATION

A prior section 632, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1146; Pub. L. 88-40, §§ 1, 2, June 13, 1963, 77 Stat. 66; Pub. L. 89-612; § 2, Sept. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 859; Pub. L. 91-24, § 6(c), June 11, 1969, 83 Stat. 34, relating to modification of agreement with the Republic of the Philippines effectuating the Act of July 1, 1948, was repealed by section 107(a) of Pub. L. 93-82.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective July 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title. SAVINGS PROVISIONS

Section 107(c) of Pub. L. 92-83 provided that: "Nothing in subsection (a) of this section [which enacted this section and section 631 of this title] shall be deemed to affect in any manner any right, cause, obligation, contract (specifically including that contract executed April 25, 1967, between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of the United States resulting from Public Law 89-612 [see 1966 amendment to this section], which shall remain in force and effect until modified or superseded by an agreement executed under authority of this Act) [for distribution of this Act, see Short Title, note under section 601 of this title], authorization of appropriation, grant, function, power, or duty vested by law or otherwise under the provisions of section 632 of title 38, United States Code [this section]. in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this section [Aug. 2, 1973]."

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 624 of this title.

SUBCHAPTER V.-PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES

§ 641. Criteria for payment.

The Administrator shall pay each State at the per diem rate of

(1) $4.50 for domiciliary care.

(2) $6.00 for nursing home care, and (3) $10.00 for hospital care.

for each veteran of any war or of service after Janury 31, 1955 receiving such care in a State home, if, in the case of such a veteran receiving domiciliary or hospital care, such veteran is eligible for such care in a Veterans' Administration facility, or if, in the case of such a veteran receiving nursing home care,

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