§8134. General regulations

(a) Within six months after the date of enactment of any amendment to this section with respect to such amendment, the Secretary shall prescribe the following by regulation:

(1) The number of beds required to provide adequate nursing home care to veterans residing in each State.

(2) General standards of construction, repair, and equipment for facilities constructed or acquired with assistance received under this subchapter.

(3) General standards for the furnishing of care in facilities which are constructed or acquired with assistance received under this subchapter, which standards shall be no less stringent than those standards prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 1720(b) of this title.

(b) The Secretary may inspect any State facility constructed or acquired with assistance received under this subchapter at such times as the Secretary deems necessary to insure that such facility meets the standards prescribed under subsection (a)(3).

(Added Pub. L. 88–450, §4(a), Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 502 , §5034; amended Pub. L. 89–311, §7(b), Oct. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 1157 ; Pub. L. 93–82, title IV, §403(d), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 196 ; Pub. L. 94–581, title I, §107(b), title II, §206(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2847 , 2859; Pub. L. 95–62, §3(5), (6), July 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 262 ; Pub. L. 96–330, title IV, §404, Aug. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1052 ; Pub. L. 98–528, title I, §105(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2689 ; renumbered §8134, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, §402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238 ; Pub. L. 102–54, §14(f)(6), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 288 ; Pub. L. 102–83, §§4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406 .)

Amendments

1991-Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5034 of this title as this section.

Pub. L. 102–83, §5(c)(1), substituted "1720(b)" for "620(b)" in subsec. (a)(3).

Pub. L. 102–83, §4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" wherever appearing.

Pub. L. 102–54 amended section as in effect immediately before the enactment of Pub. L. 102–40 by inserting "(a)" before "Within six months", substituting "any amendment to this section" for "this section or any amendment to it", designating sentence at end of par. (3) as subsec. (b), realigning such sentence, and substituting "the standards prescribed under subsection (a)(3)" for "such standards" at end of such sentence.

1984-Pars. (2), (3). Pub. L. 98–528 inserted "or acquired" after "constructed" wherever appearing.

1980-Par. (1). Pub. L. 96–330 struck out ", which number shall not exceed two and one-half beds per thousand veteran population in the case of any State" after "residing in each State".

1977-Par. (2). Pub. L. 95–62, §3(5), substituted "repair, and equipment for facilities constructed" for "repairs, modernization, alteration, and equipment for facilities for furnishing nursing home care which are constructed".

Par. (3). Pub. L. 95–62, §3(6), substituted "furnishing of care" for "furnishing of nursing home care".

1976-Pub. L. 94–581 substituted "date of enactment of this section or any amendment to it with respect to such amendment" for "date of enactment of this subchapter" in provisions preceding par. (1), substituted "veterans" and "veteran" for "war veterans" and "war veteran", respectively, in par. (1), and added par. (3).

1973-Par. (1). Pub. L. 93–82 substituted "two and one-half beds" for "one and one-half beds".

1965-Par. (1). Pub. L. 89–311 substituted "one and one-half beds" for "one-half bed".

Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–62 effective Oct. 1, 1977, with provision for the continuing force and effect of the terms and conditions of grants made prior to Oct. 1, 1977, under former section 644 of this title and with additional provision for the modification of the terms and conditions of both grants made under former section 644 of this title prior to Oct. 1, 1977, and of grants made under this subchapter prior to Oct. 1, 1977, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95–62, set out as a note under section 8131 of this title.

Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 94–581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 of Pub. L. 94–581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.

Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 93–82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93–82, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 8135 of this title.