110 STAT. 3198 PUBLIC LAW 104-262—OCT. 9, 1996 (b) REPEAL OF REFERRAL PROVISIONS.— Subsection (c) of such section is repealed. SEC. 332. REPORTS RELATING TO VET CENTERS. (a) REPORT ON COLLOCATION OF VET CENTERS AND DEPARTMENT OUTPATIENT CLINICS.— (1) Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the feasibility and desirability of providing for the collocation of Vet Centers and outpatient clinics (including rural mobile clinics) of the Department of Veterans Affairs as current leases for such centers and clinics expire. (2) The report shall include an assessment of the following: (A) The results of any collocation of Vet Centers and outpatient clinics carried out by the Secretary before the date of the enactment of this Act, including the effects of such collocation on the quality of care provided at such centers and clinics. (B) The effect of such collocation on the capacity of such centers and clinics to carry out their primary mission. (C) The extent to which such collocation will impair the operational independence or administrative integrity of such centers and clinics. (D) The feasibility of combining the services provided by such centers and clinics in the course of such collocation. (E) The advisability of the collocation of centers and clinics of significantly different size. (F) The effect of the locations (including urban and rural locations) of the centers and clinics on the feasibility and desirability of such collocation. (G) The amount of any costs savings to be achieved by the Department as a result of such collocation. (H) Any other matter that the Secretary considers appropriate. (b) REPORT ON PROVISION OF LIMITED HEALTH CARE SERVICES AT READJUSTMENT COUNSELING CENTERS. —(1) Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the feasibility and desirability of providing a limited battery of health care services (including ambulatory services and health care screening services) to veterans at Department of Veterans Affairs readjustment counseling centers. (2) The report shall include a discussion of the following: (A) The effect on the advisability of providing health care services at readjustment counseling centers of the geographic location of such centers, including the urban location and rural location of such centers and the proximity of such centers to Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities. (B) The effect on the advisability of providing such services at such centers of the type and level of services to be provided, and the demographic characteristics (including age, socio-economic status, ethnicity, and sex) of veterans likely to be provided the services. (C) The effect of providing such services at such centers on the readjustment counseling center program in general and on the efficiency and autonomy of the clinical and administra-
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