US Code Title 38 Chapter 17 Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care

Subchapter I - General

§ 1701 - Definitions
§ 1702 - Presumptions: Psychosis After Service in World War II and Following Periods of War; Mental Illness After Service in the Persian Gulf War
§ 1703 - Contracts for Hospital Care and Medical Services in Non-department Facilities
§ 1704 - Preventive Health Services: Annual Report
§ 1705 - Management of Health Care: Patient Enrollment System
§ 1706 - Management of Health Care: Other Requirements
§ 1707 - Limitations
§ 1708 - Temporary Lodging
§ 1709 - Comprehensive Policy on Reporting and Tracking Sexual Assault Incidents and Other Safety Incidents
§ 1709A - Teleconsultation

Subchapter II - Hospital, Nursing Home, or Domiciliary Care and Medical Treatment

§ 1710 - Eligibility for Hospital, Nursing Home, and Domiciliary Care
§ 1710A - Required Nursing Home Care
§ 1710B - Extended Care Services
§ 1710C - Traumatic Brain Injury: Plans for Rehabilitation and Reintegration Into the Community
§ 1710D - Traumatic Brain Injury: Comprehensive Program for Long-term Rehabilitation
§ 1710E - Traumatic Brain Injury: Use of Non-department Facilities for Rehabilitation
§ 1711 - Care During Examinations and in Emergencies
§ 1712 - Dental Care; Drugs and Medicines for Certain Disabled Veterans; Vaccines
§ 1712A - Eligibility for Readjustment Counseling and Related Mental Health Services
§ 1712B - Counseling for Former Prisoners of War
§ 1714 - Fitting and Training in Use of Prosthetic Appliances; Guide Dogs; Service Dogs
§ 1715 - Tobacco for Hospitalized Veterans
§ 1716 - Hospital Care by Other Agencies of the United States
§ 1717 - Home Health Services; Invalid Lifts and Other Devices
§ 1718 - Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Activities
§ 1719 - Repair or Replacement of Certain Prosthetic and Other Appliances
§ 1720 - Transfers for Nursing Home Care; Adult Day Health Care
§ 1720A - Treatment and Rehabilitative Services for Persons With Drug or Alcohol Dependency
§ 1720B - Respite Care
§ 1720C - Noninstitutional Alternatives to Nursing Home Care
§ 1720D - Counseling and Treatment for Sexual Trauma
§ 1720E - Nasopharyngeal Radium Irradiation
§ 1720F - Comprehensive Program for Suicide Prevention Among Veterans
§ 1720G - Assistance and Support Services for Caregivers

Subchapter III - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Hospital and Nursing Home Care and Medical Treatment of Veterans

§ 1721 - Power to Make Rules and Regulations
§ 1722 - Determination of Inability to Defray Necessary Expenses; Income Thresholds
§ 1722A - Copayment for Medications
§ 1722B - Copayments: Waiver of Collection of Copayments for Telehealth and Telemedicine Visits of Veterans
§ 1723 - Furnishing of Clothing
§ 1724 - Hospital Care, Medical Services, and Nursing Home Care Abroad
§ 1725 - Reimbursement for Emergency Treatment
§ 1726 - Reimbursement for Loss of Personal Effects by Natural Disaster
§ 1727 - Persons Eligible Under Prior Law
§ 1728 - Reimbursement of Certain Medical Expenses
§ 1729 - Recovery by the United States of the Cost of Certain Care and Services
§ 1729A - Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund
§ 1729B - Consolidated Patient Accounting Centers
§ 1730 - Community Residential Care
§ 1730A - Prohibition on Collection of Copayments From Catastrophically Disabled Veterans

Subchapter IV - Hospital Care and Medical Treatment for Veterans in the Republic of the Philippines

§ 1731 - Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines
§ 1732 - Contracts and Grants to Provide for the Care and Treatment of United States Veterans by the Veterans Memorial Medical Center
§ 1733 - Supervision of Program by the President
§ 1734 - Hospital and Nursing Home Care and Medical Services in the United States
§ 1735 - Definitions

Subchapter V - Payments to State Homes

§ 1741 - Criteria for Payment
§ 1742 - Inspections of Such Homes; Restrictions on Beneficiaries
§ 1743 - Applications
§ 1744 - Hiring and Retention of Nurses: Payments to Assist States
§ 1745 - Nursing Home Care and Medications for Veterans With Service-connected Disabilities

Subchapter VI - Sickle Cell Anemia

§ 1751 - Screening, Counseling, and Medical Treatment
§ 1752 - Research
§ 1753 - Voluntary Participation; Confidentiality
§ 1754 - Reports

Subchapter VIII - Health Care of Persons Other Than Veterans

§ 1781 - Medical Care for Survivors and Dependents of Certain Veterans
§ 1782 - Counseling, Training, and Mental Health Services for Immediate Family Members and Caregivers
§ 1783 - Bereavement Counseling
§ 1784 - Humanitarian Care
§ 1785 - Care and Services During Certain Disasters and Emergencies
§ 1786 - Care for Newborn Children of Women Veterans Receiving Maternity Care
§ 1787 - Health Care of Family Members of Veterans Stationed At Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Last modified: October 26, 2015