Pub. L. 93-82, tit. I, sec. 102

Sec. 102. Section 610 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) inserting in subsection (a) “or nursing home care” immediately after “hospital care” where it first appears; (2) striking out clause (1)(B) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(B) any veteran for a non-serviee-connected disability if he is unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care;”; (3) amending subsection (c) to read as follows: “(c) While any veteran is receiving hospital care or nursing home eare 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 lie is hospitalized, if the veteran is willing, and the Administrator finds such services to be reasonably necessary to protect the health of such veteran.”; and (4) adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(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.”.