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[CITE: 38USC1716]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, OR DOMICILIARY CARE AND MEDICAL 
                                TREATMENT
 
Sec. 1716. Hospital care by other agencies of the United States

    When so specified in an appropriation or other Act, the Secretary 
may make allotments and transfers to the Departments of Health and Human 
Services (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Interior, for disbursement by them under the various headings of their 
appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and 
treatment of veterans entitled to hospitalization from the Department 
under this chapter. The amounts to be charged the Department for care 
and treatment of veterans in hospitals shall be calculated on the basis 
of a per diem rate approved by the Office of Management and Budget.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1143, Sec. 616; Pub. L. 94-581, 
title II, Sec. 202(g), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2856; Pub. L. 97-295, 
Sec. 4(95)(A), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1313; renumbered Sec. 1716 and 
amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 
6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 616 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), substituted ``Department'' for 
``Veterans' Administration'' in two places.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-295 substituted ``Health and Human Services'' for 
``Health, Education, and Welfare''.
    1976--Pub. L. 94-581 substituted ``Office of Management and Budget'' 
for ``Bureau of the Budget''.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 
of Pub. L. 94-581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.
