CONVERSION OF UNDERUSED SPACE TO DOMICILIARY-CARE BEDS.

SEC. 136. CONVERSION OF UNDERUSED SPACE TO DOMICILIARY-CARE BEDS. (a) In General.— (1) Subject to subsection (b), the Administrator shall, not later than June 1, 1988, in urban areas in which there are significant numbers of homeless veterans, convert underused space located in facilities under the jurisdiction of the Administrator to 500 domiciliary-care beds to be used for the care of veterans in need of domiciliary care, primarily homeless veterans. (2) If the Administrator determines that it is impractical to undertake the conversions required in paragraph (1) to the extent required in that paragraph— 102 STAT. 508 (A) because appropriate space for the conversions is not available in sufficient quantity, or (B) because in areas in which there is sufficient space the numbers of homeless veterans in need of domiciliary care who would likely use the beds are not sufficient to warrant the conversions, the Administrator shall carry out paragraph (1) only to the extent that the Administrator has not determined that it is impractical to do so. (b) Prohibition Against Diminution of Certain Other Conversions.— Nothing in this section shall result in the diminution of the conversion of hospital-care beds to nursing-home-care beds by the Veterans’ Administration. (c) Funding.— The Administrator shall carry out subsection (a) within the limits of available appropriations.