38 USC § 1745 - Nursing home care and medications for veterans with service-connected disabilities

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(a)

(1) The Secretary shall pay each State home for nursing home care at the rate determined under paragraph (2), in any case in which such care is provided to any veteran as follows:

(A) Any veteran in need of such care for a service-connected disability.

(B) Any veteran who—

(i) has a service-connected disability rated at 70 percent or more; and

(ii) is in need of such care.

(2) The rate determined under this paragraph with respect to a State home is the lesser of—

(A) the applicable or prevailing rate payable in the geographic area in which the State home is located, as determined by the Secretary, for nursing home care furnished in a non-Department nursing home (as that term is defined in section 1720 (e)(2) of this title); or

(B) a rate not to exceed the daily cost of care, as determined by the Secretary, following a report to the Secretary by the director of the State home.

(3) Payment by the Secretary under paragraph (1) to a State home for nursing home care provided to a veteran described in that paragraph constitutes payment in full to the State home for such care furnished to that veteran.

(b) The Secretary shall furnish such drugs and medicines as may be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician as specific therapy in the treatment of illness or injury to any veteran as follows:

(1) Any veteran who—

(A) is not being provided nursing home care for which payment is payable under subsection (a); and

(B) is in need of such drugs and medicines for a service-connected disability.

(2) Any veteran who—

(A) has a service-connected disability rated at 50 percent or more;

(B) is not being provided nursing home care for which payment is payable under subsection (a); and

(C) is in need of such drugs and medicines.

(c) Any State home that requests payment or reimbursement for services provided to a veteran under this section shall provide to the Secretary such information as the Secretary considers necessary to identify each individual veteran eligible for payment under such section.

Source

(Added and amended Pub. L. 109–461, title II, § 211(a)(1), (2), (b)(1),Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3418, 3419.)

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–461, § 211(a)(2), added subsec. (b).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–461, § 211(b)(1), added subsec. (c).

Effective Date

Section and amendment by section 211(a)(2) ofPub. L. 109–461effective 90 days after Dec. 22, 2006, see section 211(a)(5) ofPub. L. 109–461, set out as an Effective Date of 2006 Amendment note under section 1710 of this title.

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38 USC	Description of Change	Session Year	Public Law	Statutes at Large
§ 1745		2012	112-154 [Sec.] 105(a)	126 Stat. 1170

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38 CFR - Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief

38 CFR 51 - PER DIEM FOR NURSING HOME CARE OF VETERANS IN STATE HOMES

38 CFR 58 - FORMS

38 USC § 1745 - Nursing home care and medications for veterans with service-connected disabilities

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