38 USC 1710 - Required nursing home care

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (span)(2), is the date of enactment of Puspan. L. 106–117, which was approved Nov. 30, 1999.

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 118–83 substituted “September 30, 2025” for “September 30, 2024”.

2022—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 117–180 substituted “September 30, 2024” for “September 30, 2022”.

2020—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 116–159 substituted “September 30, 2022” for “September 30, 2020”.

2018—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 115–251 substituted “September 30, 2020” for “September 30, 2019”.

2017—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 115–62 substituted “September 30, 2019” for “December 31, 2017”.

2016—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 114–228 substituted “December 31, 2017” for “December 31, 2016”.

2015—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 114–58 substituted “December 31, 2016” for “December 31, 2015”.

2014—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 113–175 substituted “December 31, 2015” for “December 31, 2014”.

2013—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 113–59 substituted “December 31, 2014” for “December 31, 2013”.

2008—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 110–181 added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 110–387 substituted “December 31, 2013” for “December 31, 2008”.

Puspan. L. 110–181 redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).

2003—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 108–170 substituted “December 31, 2008” for “December 31, 2003”.

2000—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 106–419 inserted “(subject to section 1710(a)(4) of this title)” after “The Secretary”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Finding Related to Age-Appropriate Nursing Home Care

Puspan. L. 110–181, div. A, title XVII, § 1706(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 493, provided that:

“Congress finds that young veterans who are injured or disabled through military service and require long-term care should have access to age-appropriate nursing home care.”

Report to Congressional Committees

Puspan. L. 106–117, title I, § 101(i), Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 1550, required the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the operation of section 101 of Puspan. L. 106–117 not later than January 1, 2003.