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[CITE: 38USC1771]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
SUBCHAPTER VII--TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL 
                          AND HOMELESS VETERANS
 
Sec. 1771. General treatment

    (a) In providing care and services under section 1710 of this title 
to veterans suffering from serious mental illness, including veterans 
who are homeless, the Secretary may provide (directly or in conjunction 
with a governmental or other entity)--
        (1) outreach services;
        (2) care, treatment, and rehabilitative services (directly or by 
    contract in community-based treatment facilities, including halfway 
    houses); and
        (3) therapeutic transitional housing assistance under section 
    1772 of this title, in conjunction with work therapy under 
    subsection (a) or (b) of section 1718 of this title and outpatient 
    care.

    (b) The authority of the Secretary under subsection (a) expires on 
December 31, 2001.

(Added Pub. L. 105-114, title II, Sec. 202(a), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 
2284.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1771 was renumbered section 3671 of this title.
