2013 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans’ Benefits
Part II - GENERAL BENEFITS (§§ 1101 - 2414)
Chapter 17 - HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE (§§ 1701 - 1787)
Subchapter V - PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES (§§ 1741 - 1745)
Section 1744 - Hiring and retention of nurses: payments to assist States
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS CHAPTER 17 - HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE SUBCHAPTER V - PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES Sec. 1744 - Hiring and retention of nurses: payments to assist States |
Contains | section 1744 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 108-422, title II, §201(a)(1), Nov. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2380. |
Statutes at Large References | 118 Stat. 2380, 2382 |
Public Law References | Public Law 108-422 |
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(b)
(1) receives per diem payments under this subchapter for that fiscal year; and
(2) has in effect an employee incentive scholarship program or other employee incentive program at a State home designed to promote the hiring and retention of nursing staff and to reduce nursing shortages at that home.
(c)
(d)
(2) The amount of the payment to a State under this section for any fiscal year is, for each State home in that State with a program described in subsection (b)(2), the amount equal to 2 percent of the amount of payments estimated to be made to that State, for that State home, under section 1741 of this title for that fiscal year.
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(i)
(j)
(Added Pub. L. 108–422, title II, §201(a)(1), Nov. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2380.)
IMPLEMENTATIONPub. L. 108–422, title II, §201(b), Nov. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2382, provided that: "The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall implement section 1744 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), as expeditiously as possible. The Secretary shall establish such interim procedures as necessary so as to ensure that payments are made to eligible States under that section commencing not later than June 1, 2005, notwithstanding that regulations under subsection (j) of that section may not have become final."
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