TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES.

SEC. 224. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES. (a) Requirement To Provide Care.—Section 1710A(a) is amended by inserting “(subject to section 1710(a)(4) of this title)” after “Secretary” the first place it appears. (b) Conforming Amendments.—Section 1710(a)(4) is amended— (1) by inserting “the requirement in section 1710A(a) of this title that the Secretary provide nursing home care,” after “medical services,”; and (2) by striking the comma after “extended care services”. (c) Outpatient Treatment.—Section 201 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act (Public Law 106–117;113 Stat, 1561) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection(b) shall apply with respect to medical services furnished under section 1710(a) of title 38, United States Code, on or after the effective date of the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the amounts required to be established under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1710(g) of that title, as amended by subsection (b).”. (d) Ratification.—Any action taken by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 1710(g) of title 38, United States Code, during the period beginning on November 30, 1999, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act is hereby ratified.