§ 1803. Health care
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(a)In accordance with regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, the Secretary shall provide a child of a Vietnam veteran who is suffering from spina bifida with health care under this section.
(b)The Secretary may provide health care under this section directly or by contract or other arrangement with any health care provider.
(c)For the purposes of this section—
(1)The term “health care”—
(A)means home care, hospital care, nursing home care, outpatient care, preventive care, habilitative and rehabilitative care, case management, and respite care; and
(B)includes—
(i)the training of appropriate members of a child’s family or household in the care of the child; and
(ii)the provision of such pharmaceuticals, supplies, equipment, devices, appliances, assistive technology, direct transportation costs to and from approved sources of health care, and other materials as the Secretary determines necessary.
(2)The term “health care provider” includes specialized spina bifida clinics, health care plans, insurers, organizations, institutions, and any other entity or individual furnishing health care services that the Secretary determines are authorized under this section.
(3)The term “home care” means outpatient care, habilitative and rehabilitative care, preventive health services, and health-related services furnished to an individual in the individual’s home or other place of residence.
(4)The term “hospital care” means care and treatment for a disability furnished to an individual who has been admitted to a hospital as a patient.
(5)The term “nursing home care” means care and treatment for a disability furnished to an individual who has been admitted to a nursing home as a resident.
(6)The term “outpatient care” means care and treatment of a disability, and preventive health services, furnished to an individual other than hospital care or nursing home care.
(7)The term “preventive care” means care and treatment furnished to prevent disability or illness, including periodic examinations, immunizations, patient health education, and such other services as the Secretary determines necessary to provide effective and economical preventive health care.
(8)The term “habilitative and rehabilitative care” means such professional, counseling, and guidance services and treatment programs (other than vocational training under section 1804 of this title) as are necessary to develop, maintain, or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of a disabled person.
(9)The term “respite care” means care furnished on an intermittent basis for a limited period to an individual who resides primarily in a private residence when such care will help the individual to continue residing in such private residence.
(Added Pub. L. 104–204, title IV, § 421(b)(1), Sept. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 2923; amended Pub. L. 105–368, title X, § 1005(b)(4), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3365; Pub. L. 110–387, title IV, § 408(a), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4130.)
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- Public Law 97–306To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans, to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children, and to modify and improve the educational assistance programs administered by the Veterans
- Public Law 97–66To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans, to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouses and children of disabled veterans, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to guarantee
- Public Law 100–253To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize reductions under certain circumstances in the downpayments required for loans made by the Veterans’ Administration to finance the sales of properties acquired by the Veterans’Administration as the result of foreclosures and to clarify the calculati
- Public Law 100–198To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the amount of the Veterans’ Administration home loan guaranty and to make other improvements in the loan guaranty program, and for other purposes
- Public Law 95–476To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the housing benefits programs of the Veterans’ Administration, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to pay an allowance to a State for expenses incurred in the burial of eligible veterans in cemeteries owned and operated by or for such
- Public Law 97–295To amend titles 10, 14, 37, and 38, United States Code, to codify recent law and to improve the Code
- Public Law 110–387To improve the treatment and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders, and for other purposes
- Public Law 98–369To provide for tax reform, and for deficit reduction
- Public Law 101–237To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a 4.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment in rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of veterans dying from service-connected causes and to im
- Public Law 97–72To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period for Vietnam-era veterans to request counseling under the veterans’ readjustment counseling program, to provide medical care eligibility for veterans exposed to herbicides or defoliants (including Agent Orange), or to nuclear radiation, to e
- Public Law 96–385To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide cost-of-living increases in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children of veterans, to provide for limited grants for special
- Public Law 98–223To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of compensation for disabled veterans and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors; to express the sense of the Congress that increases in the rates of compensation should take effect on December 1 beginning in fisc
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- Pub. L. 104–204, title IV, § 421(b)(1)
- 110 Stat. 2923
- Pub. L. 105–368, title X, § 1005(b)(4)
- 112 Stat. 3365
- Pub. L. 110–387, title IV, § 408(a)
- 122 Stat. 4130
- Pub. L. 110–387
- Pub. L. 105–368
- Pub. L. 110–387, title IV, § 408(b)
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 104–204, title IV, § 421(b)(1)
Stat.110 Stat. 2923
Pub. L.Pub. L. 105–368, title X, § 1005(b)(4)
Stat.112 Stat. 3365
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110–387, title IV, § 408(a)
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