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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 3266 42 USC 1395CC.

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PUBLIC LAW 99-576—OCT. 28, 1986

under section 1866 of the Social Security Act as a result of the additional conditions imposed under the amendments made by subsection (a). (2) Not later than October 1, 1987, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding implementation of this section. Thereafter, the Administrator shall notify such committees if any hospital terminates or fails to renew an agreement described in paragraph (1) for the reasons described in that paragraph. SEC. 234. PROHIBITION AGAINST EXCESSING OF CERTAIN VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION PROPERTIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may not take any action before January 1, 1988, in connection with declaring as excess to the needs of the Veterans' Administration, transferring to another Federal agency, or otherwise relinquishing any Veterans' Administration interest in or disposing of any portion of the real property described in subsection (b). Any such action taken before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be without effect. If on the date of the enactment of this Act, such property (or any portion thereof) is under the jurisdiction of an agency of the United States other than the Veterans' Administration, such property shall revert back to the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration. (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The property referred to in subsection (a) is certain land and improvements at the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, West Los Angeles, California (consisting of approximately 109 acres), and at the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda, California (consisting of approximately 46 acres), described in letters dated February 5, 1986 (and enclosed maps), submitted by the Administrator to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 5022(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code. SEC. 235. REPORT ON TREATMENT AND SERVICES FOR CHRONICALLY MENTALLY ILL VETERANS.

(a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the Administrator's current use of authority— (1) to contract for care and treatment, and for rehabilitative services, for chronically mentally ill veterans through— I (A) halfway houses; (B) therapeutic communities;

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% (C) psychiatric residential treatment centers; s (D) other community-based treatment facilities; and f (2) to furnish home health services to such veterans in such I veterans' homes or in other settings in which they reside (as 1 provided for in section 612 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 202). (b) DEFINITION,—For purposes of subsection (a), the term "chron-

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ically mentally ill veterans" means veterans who are eligible for health care from the Veterans' Administration and who are suffering from chronic mental illness disabilities. (c) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than December 15, 1987.