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APPENDIX
38 U.S.C. Section 1718 (2000):
Section 1718. Therapeutic and rehabilitative
activities
(a) In providing rehabilitative services under
this chapter, the Secretary, upon the recommendation of
the Under Secretary for Health, may use the services of
patients and members in Department health care
facilities for therapeutic and rehabilitative purposes.
Such patients and members shall not under these
circumstances be held or considered as employees of the
United States for any purpose. The Secretary shall
prescribe the conditions for the use of such services.
(b)(1) In furnishing rehabilitative services under
this chapter, the Secretary, upon the recommendation of
the Under Secretary for Health, may enter into a
contract or other arrangement with any appropriate
source (whether or not an element of the Department of
Veterans Affairs or of any other Federal entity) to
provide for therapeutic work for patients and members
in Department health care facilities.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may also furnish rehabilitative services under
this subsection through contractual arrangements with
nonprofit entities to provide for such therapeutic work for
such patients. The Secretary shall establish appropriate
fiscal, accounting, management, recordkeeping, and reporting
requirements with respect to the activities of any such
nonprofit entity in connection with such contractual
arrangements.
(c)(1) There is hereby established in the Treasury
of the United States a revolving fund known as the
Department of Veterans Affairs Special Therapeutic and
Rehabilitation Activities Fund (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the "fund") for the purpose of
furnishing rehabilitative services authorized in
subsection (b) of this section. Such amounts of the
fund as the Secretary may determine to be necessary to
establish and maintain operating accounts for the
various rehabilitative services activities may be
deposited in checking accounts in other depositaries
selected or established by the Secretary.
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