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2018 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part II - General Benefits
Chapter 17 - Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care
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Table of Contents SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL
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1701.Definitions.
1702.Presumptions: psychosis after service in World War II and following periods of war; mental illness following service in the Persian Gulf War.
1703.Contracts for hospital care and medical services in non-Department facilities.
1703A.Agreements with eligible entities or providers; certification processes.
1703B.Access standards.
1703C.Standards for quality.
1703D.Prompt payment standard.
1703E.Center for Innovation for Care and Payment.
1704.Preventive health services: annual report.
1705.Management of health care: patient enrollment system.
1705A.Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts.
1706.Management of health care: other requirements.
1706A.Remediation of medical service lines.
1707.Limitations.
1708.Temporary lodging.
1709.Comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents and other safety incidents.
1709A.Teleconsultation.
1709B.Evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs.

        

SUBCHAPTER II—HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, OR DOMICILIARY CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT
1710.Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care.
1710A.Required nursing home care.
1710B.Extended care services.
1710C.Traumatic brain injury: plans for rehabilitation and reintegration into the community.
1710D.Traumatic brain injury: comprehensive program for long-term rehabilitation.
1710E.Traumatic brain injury: use of non-Department facilities for rehabilitation.
1711.Care during examinations and in emergencies.
1712.Dental care; drugs and medicines for certain disabled veterans; vaccines.
1712A.Eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services.
1712B.Counseling for former prisoners of war.
1712C.Dental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans.
[1713.Renumbered.]
1714.Fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances; guide dogs; service dogs.
1715.Tobacco for hospitalized veterans.
1716.Hospital care by other agencies of the United States.
1717.Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices.
1718.Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities.
1719.Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances.
1720.Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care.
1720A.Treatment and rehabilitative services for persons with drug or alcohol dependency.
1720B.Respite care.
1720C.Noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care.
1720D.Counseling and treatment for sexual trauma.
1720E.Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation.
1720F.Comprehensive program for suicide prevention among veterans.
1720G.Assistance and support services for caregivers.
1720H.Mental health treatment for veterans who served in classified missions.
1720I.Mental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the Armed Forces.

        

SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VETERANS
1721.Power to make rules and regulations.
1722.Determination of inability to defray necessary expenses; income thresholds.
1722A.Copayment for medications.
1722B.Copayments: waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans.
1723.Furnishing of clothing.
1724.Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad.
1725.Reimbursement for emergency treatment.
1725A.Access to walk-in care.
1726.Reimbursement for loss of personal effects by natural disaster.
1727.Persons eligible under prior law.
1728.Reimbursement of certain medical expenses.
1729.Recovery by the United States of the cost of certain care and services.
1729A.Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund.
1729B.Consolidated patient accounting centers.
1730.Community residential care.
1730A.Prohibition on collection of copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans.
1730B.Access to State prescription drug monitoring programs.
1730C.Licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via telemedicine.

        

SUBCHAPTER IV—HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR VETERANS IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
1731.Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines.
1732.Contracts and grants to provide for the care and treatment of United States veterans by the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.
1733.Supervision of program by the President.
1734.Hospital and nursing home care and medical services in the United States.
1735.Definitions.

        

SUBCHAPTER V—PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES
1741.Criteria for payment.
1742.Inspections of such homes; restrictions on beneficiaries.
1743.Applications.
1744.Hiring and retention of nurses: payments to assist States.
1745.Nursing home care, adult day health care, and medications for veterans with service-connected disabilities.

        

SUBCHAPTER VI—SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
1751.Screening, counseling, and medical treatment.
1752.Research.
1753.Voluntary participation; confidentiality.
1754.Reports.
[1761 to 1764. Repealed.]

        

[SUBCHAPTER VII—TRANSFERRED]
[1771 to 1774. Renumbered.]

        

SUBCHAPTER VIII—HEALTH CARE OF PERSONS OTHER THAN VETERANS
1781.Medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans.
1782.Counseling, training, and mental health services for immediate family members and caregivers.
1783.Bereavement counseling.
1784.Humanitarian care.
1784A.Examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor.
1785.Care and services during certain disasters and emergencies.
1786.Care for newborn children of women veterans receiving maternity care.
1787.Health care of family members of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
1788.Transplant procedures with live donors and related services.

        
Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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
- Table Of Contents
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
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