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[CITE: 38USC1742]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER V--PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES
 
Sec. 1742. Inspections of such homes; restrictions on 
        beneficiaries
        
    (a) The Secretary may inspect any State home at such times as the 
Secretary deems necessary. No payment or grant may be made to any home 
under this subchapter unless such home is determined by the Secretary to 
meet such standards as the Secretary shall prescribe, which standards 
with respect to nursing home care shall be no less stringent than those 
prescribed pursuant to section 1720(b) of this title.
    (b) The Secretary may ascertain the number of persons on account of 
whom payments may be made under this subchapter on account of any State 
home, but shall have no authority over the management or control of any 
State home.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1146, Sec. 642; Pub. L. 94-581, 
title I, Sec. 107(a), title II, Sec. 210(a)(16), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2847, 2863; renumbered Sec. 1742 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, 
Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 1742 was renumbered section 3542 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 642 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1720(b)'' 
for ``620(b)''.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted 
``Secretary'' for ``Administrator''.
    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-581 substituted ``as the Administrator 
deems necessary'' for ``as he deems necessary'' in existing provisions 
and inserted provision that no payment or grant may be made to any home 
under this subchapter unless such home is determined by the 
Administrator to meet such standards as the Administrator shall 
prescribe, which standards with respect to nursing home care shall be no 
less stringent than those prescribed pursuant to section 620(b) of this 
title.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1741 of this title.
