Pub. L. 93-82, tit. I, sec. 104

Sec. 104. (a) The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 620 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by redesignating clauses (1) and (2) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and by amending that portion preceding such clauses to read as follows: “(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—”. (b) The second sentence of section 620(a) of such title is amended by striking out the designations (A) and (B) and inserting in lieu thereof (I) and (II). (c) Section 620(b) of such title is amended (1) by adding “or admitted” after “transferred” and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: “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) Section 620 of such title is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection (d): “(d) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may authorize for any veteran requiring nursing home care fora service-connected disability direct admission for such care at the expense 87 Stat. 183 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.”.