104 STAT. 438 PUBLIC LAW 101-366 —AUG. 15, 1990 "(c) The Secretary may provide in-kind assistance (through the services of Department of Veterans Affairs employees and the sharing of other Department resources) to a facility furnishing services to veterans under subsection (b)(1)(A). Any such in-kind assistance shall be provided under a contract between the Department and the facility concerned. The Secretary may provide such assistance only for use solely in the furnishing of appropriate services under this section and only if, under such contract, the Department receives reimbursement for the full cost of such assistance (including the cost of services and supplies and normal depreciation and amortization of equipment). Such reimbursement may be made by reduction in the charges to the United States or by payment to the United States. Any funds received through such reimbursement shall be credited to funds allotted to the Department facility that provided the assistance. "(d) The total cost of providing services or in-kind assistance in the case of any veteran for any fiscal year under the pilot program may not exceed 65 percent of the cost that would have been incurred by the Department during that fiscal year if the veteran had been furnished, instead, nursing home care under section 610 of this title during that fiscal year. "(e) The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts under this section shall be effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriations are available.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 620B the following new item: "620C. Noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care: pilot program.". 38 USC 620C (b) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 1994, the Secretary of ^°^- Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Af- fairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report setting forth the Secretary's evaluation, findings, and conclusions regarding the conduct, through September 30, 1993, of the pilot program required by section 620C of title 38, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), and the results of the furnishing of care under such pilot program for the participating veterans. The report shall include a description of the conduct of the pilot program (including a description of the veterans furnished services and of the services furnished under the pilot program), and any plans for administrative action, and any recommendations for legislation, that the Secretary considers appropriate to include in the report. SEC. 202. SHARING OF SPECIALIZED MEDICAL RESOURCES. (a) EXPANSION OF PURPOSE.— Section 5051 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "hospitals" both places it appears in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "health-care facilities", (b) EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 5053 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking out "hospitals" the first place it appears and all that follows through "community" and inserting in lieu thereof "health-care facilities and other health-care facilities (including organ banks, blood banks, or similar institutions), research centers, or medical schools"; and (B) by striking out the last sentence; and (2) in subsection (b)—
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