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[CITE: 24USC413]

 
                     TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
 
                CHAPTER 10--ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
 
      SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF RETIREMENT HOME
 
Sec. 413. Services provided residents


(a) Services provided

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a resident of 
the Retirement Home shall receive the services authorized by the 
Retirement Home Board.

(b) Medical and dental care

    The Retirement Home shall provide for the overall health care needs 
of residents in a high quality and cost-effective manner, including on 
site primary care, medical care, and a continuum of long-term care 
services. Secondary and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not 
available at a facility maintained as a separate establishment of the 
Retirement Home shall, to the extent available, be obtained by agreement 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense in a 
facility administered by such Secretary. The Retirement Home shall not 
be responsible for the costs incurred for such care by a resident of the 
Retirement Home who uses a private medical facility for such care. The 
Retirement Home may not construct an acute care facility.

(Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1513, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 
1725; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title III, Sec. 366(c), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1630.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-160 added second and third sentences 
and struck out former second sentence which read as follows: ``Secondary 
and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not available at the 
Retirement Home shall be obtained through agreements with facilities 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of 
Defense or at private facilities.''


                             Effective Date

    Section effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 1541(a) 
of Pub. L. 101-510, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.
