SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.— This Act may be cited as the “Veterans” Benefits and Services Act of 1988”. (b) Table of Contents.— The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. Sec. 3. Definition of Administrator. TITLE I— HEALTH-CARE PROGRAMS Part A— Benefits Sec. 101. Eligibility for outpatient services. Sec. 102. Eligibility for domiciliary care. Sec. 103. Definition of nursing home care. Sec. 104. Expansion of contract-care authority. Sec. 105. Health care outside the United States for veterans with service-connected disabilities. Sec. 106. Internment period required for eligibility for dental care for former prisoners of war. Sec. 107 Readjustment counseling program. Sec. 108 Beneficiary travel program. Part B— Pilot Programs and Reposts Sec. 111. Adult day health-care program. Sec. 112. Report on use of contract-care authorities. Sec. 113. Pilot program of mobile health-care clinics. Sec. 114. Modification of report on care furnished to veterans having chronic mental illness disabilities. Sec. 115. Pilot program of community-based residential care for homeless chronically mentally ill and other veterans. Sec. 116. Reports on assistance to homeless veterans. Part C— Matters Relating to AIDS Sec. 121. Confidentiality of medical records. Sec. 122. Nondiscrimination. Sec. 123. Information and training concerning AIDS prevention. Sec. 124. Restriction on testing for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. Part D— Other Matters Sec. 131. Definition of Veterans’ Administration medical facilities to include certain recreational facilities. Sec. 132. Veterans’ Administration assistance with rehabilitation activities. Sec. 133. Rules and regulations relating to Veteran’ Administration health care. Sec. 134. Per diem rates for care in State homes. Sec. 135. Medical research. Sec. 136. Conversion of underused space to domiciliary care beds. 102 STAT. 488 Part A— Administration Sec. 201. Health-care quality assurance activities. Sec. 202. Hospital cost collections. Sec. 203. Tort claims. Sec. 204. Nonprofit research corporations. Sec. 205. Nursing home revolving fond. Sec. 206. State home construction grants. Part B— Pay and Other Personnel Benefits Sec. 211. Additional pay authorities for nurses to be available for pharmacists and occupational therapists. Sec. 212. Recruitment and retention bonus pay. Sec. 213. On-call pay. Sec. 214. Premium pay for Saturday work. Sec. 215. Report on effect of certain pay and benefits amendments. Sec. 216. Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program. Sec. 217. Pay scales and awards for Department of Medicine and Surgery employees. Part C— Personnel Administration Sec. 221. Disciplinary matters as to certain appointees. Sec. 222. Personnel ceilings for noncareer research personnel. Sec. 223. Authority to waive licensure and internship requirements for certain health-care personnel. Sec. 224. Nurse representation on policymaking committees. Part D— Reports Sec. 231. Study of pay and other personnel management practices. Sec. 232. Report on certain activities relating to training in geriatrics of medical and other health-professional schools affiliated with the Veterans’ Administration. TITLE III— VETERANS’ BENEFITS Part A— Benefits Based on Service-Connected Disabilities Sec. 301. Specially adapted housing assistance. Sec. 302. Automobile assistance allowance. Sec. 303. Burial benefit for service-connected deaths. Sec. 304. Effective date. Part B— Compensation-Related Provisions Sec. 311. Definition of former prisoner of war. Sec. 312. Presumption of service connection for certain disabilities for former prisoners of war. Sec. 313. Presumption of service connection for lupus. Sec. 314. Reinstated entitlement for certain survivors. Part C— Education Provisions Sec. 321. Measurement of laboratory instruction. Sec. 322. Authority to waive compliance surveys. Sec. 323. Effective date of awards under the post-Vietnam era veterans’ education assistance program. Part D— Insurance Provisions Sec. 331. Authority for annuity adjustments. Sec. 332. Exemptions from State taxation. Sec. 333. Direct administration of veterans’ mortgage life insurance. Part E— Memorial Affairs Sec. 341. National cemetery grave markers. Sec. 342. Contributions for certain projects. Sec. 343. State veterans’ cemetery construction grants. Sec. 344. Grave liners. Sec. 345. American Battle Monuments Commission foreign currency fluctuations. Sec. 346. Transfer of the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery to the Veteran’ Administration. 102 STAT. 489 TITLE IV— VETERANS’ ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Part A— Procurement Policy Sec. 401. Integrity of contracting out process at health-care facilities. Sec. 402 Standardization of medical and pharmaceutical items. Sec. 403. Requirements for the procurement of health-care items. Sec. 404. Multiyear procurement of certain medical items. Part B— General Administrative and Financial Matters Sec. 411. Sequestration rules applicable to veteran’ programs. Sec. 412. Child-care services at Veterans’ Administration facilities. Sec. 413. Advisory Committee on Native-American Veterans. Sec. 414. Management of canteen service. Sec. 415. Technical amendments to chapter 37. Part C— Real Property Sec. 421. Limitation on transfer of property to other agencies. Sec. 422. Congressional procedures for approval of medical facility acquisition and construction. Sec. 423. Use of former hospital in Minot, North Dakota. Sec. 424. Naming of Veteran’ Administration Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.