ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM.

SEC. 502. ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM. (a) Three-Year Extension.— (1) Subsection (e) of section 620A is amended by striking out “September 30, 1988” and inserting in lieu thereof “September 30, 1991”. (2) Any action by the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs in providing, during the period beginning on October 1, 1988, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, for care and treatment and rehabilitative services under section 620A of title 38, United States Code, is hereby ratified with respect to that period. (b) Clinical Evaluation and Reports.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(a) (1) During the period before October 1, 1997, the Administrator shall conduct an ongoing clinical evaluation in order to determine the long-term results of drug and alcohol abuse treatment furnished to veterans in contract residential treatment facilities under this section. “(2) The evaluation shall include an assessment of the following: 102 STAT. 4180 “(A) The long-term results of treatment referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection on drug and alcohol use by veterans who may have received such treatment. “(B) The need for hospitalization of such veterans for drug and alcohol abuse after completion of the residential treatment. “(C) The employment status and income of such veterans. “(D) The extent of any criminal activity of such veterans. “(E) Whether certain models and methods of residential treatment for drug and alcohol abuse are more successful for veterans with specific abuses, specific levels of resources available to them, and specific needs than are other models and methods. “(3) To the extent feasible, the Administrator shall select for consideration in the evaluation veterans whose treatment for drug and alcohol abuse in contract residential treatment facilities under such section represents a variety of models and methods of residential drug and alcohol abuse treatment. “(4) The Administrator shall submit to the (Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives the following reports on the evaluation under this subsection: “(A) Not later than February 1, 1993, an interim report containing information obtained during the first four years of the evaluation and any conclusions that the Administrator has drawn on the basis of that information. “(B) Not later than March 31, 1998, a final report containing information obtained during the evaluation and the determinations and conclusions of the Administrator based on that information.”.