§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 Retirement Home Board.

(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 maintained as a separate establishment 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, §1513, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1725 ; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, §366(c), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1630 .)

Amendments

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, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.