110 STAT. 3178 PUBLIC LAW 104-262—OCT. 9, 1996 Subtitle C—Readjustment Counseling and Mental Health Care Sec. 331. Expansion of eligibility for readjustment counseling and certain related counseling services. Sec. 332. Reports relating to Vet Centers. Sec. 333. Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans. Sec. 334. Centers for mental illness research, education, and clinical activities. Sec. 335. Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally 111 Veterans. Subtitle D—Other Provisions Sec. 341. Hospice care study. Sec. 342. Payment to States of per diem for veterans receiving adult day health care. Sec. 343. Research corporations. Sec. 344. Veterans Health Administration headquarters. Sec. 345. Disbursement agreements relating to medical residents and interns. Sec. 346. Authority to suspend special pay agreements for physicians and dentists who enter residency training programs. Sec. 347. Remunerated outside professional activities by Veterans Health Administration personnel. Sec. 348. Modification of restrictions on real property, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Sec. 349. Modification of restrictions on real property, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Sec. 350. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee. Sec. 351. Report on health care needs of veterans in east central Florida. Sec. 352. Evaluation of health status of spouses and children of Persian Gulf War veterans. SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code. TITLE I—ELIGIBILITY REFORM SEC. 101. ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES. (a) NEW CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR CARE. —Section 1710(a) is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) The Secretary (subject to paragraph (4)) shall furnish hospital care and medical services, and may furnish nursing home care, which the Secretary determines to be needed— "(A) to any veteran for a service-connected disability; and "(B) to any veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at 50 percent or more. "(2) The Secretary (subject to paragraph (4)) shall furnish hospital care and medical services, and may furnish nursing home care, which the Secretary determines to be needed to any veteran— "(A) who has a compensable service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent; "(B) whose discharge or release from active military, naval, or air service was for a compensable disability that was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty; "(C) who is in receipt of, or who, but for a suspension pursuant to section 1151 of this title (or both a suspension and the receipt of retired pay), would be entitled to disability compensation, but only to the extent that such veteran's continuing eligibility for such care is provided for in the judgment or settlement provided for in such section; "(D) who is a former prisoner of war;
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