§ 413. — Services provided residents.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 24USC413]
TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
CHAPTER 10--ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF RETIREMENT HOME
Sec. 413. Services provided residents
(a) Services provided
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a resident of
the Retirement Home shall receive the services authorized by the Chief
Operating Officer.
(b) Medical and dental care
The Retirement Home shall provide for the overall health care needs
of residents in a high quality and cost-effective manner, including on
site primary care, medical care, and a continuum of long-term care
services. Secondary and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not
available at a facility of the Retirement Home shall, to the extent
available, be obtained by agreement with the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs or the Secretary of Defense in a facility administered by such
Secretary. The Retirement Home shall not be responsible for the costs
incurred for such care by a resident of the Retirement Home who uses a
private medical facility for such care. The Retirement Home may not
construct an acute care facility.
(Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1513, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
1725; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title III, Sec. 366(c), Nov. 30, 1993,
107 Stat. 1630; Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title XIV, Secs. 1404(b)(1)(B),
1410(a)(1), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1260, 1266.)
Amendments
2001--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-107, Sec. 1404(b)(1)(B), substituted
``Chief Operating Officer'' for ``Retirement Home Board''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-107, Sec. 1410(a)(1), struck out
``maintained as a separate establishment'' after ``available at a
facility'' in second sentence.
1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-160 added second and third sentences
and struck out former second sentence which read as follows: ``Secondary
and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not available at the
Retirement Home shall be obtained through agreements with facilities
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of
Defense or at private facilities.''
Effective Date
Section effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 1541(a)
of Pub. L. 101-510, formerly set out as a note under section 401 of this
title.
