S. 2344 · 102nd Congress · enacted
Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992
Became Public Law No: 102-405.
Latest official action 1992-10-09 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Health Care - Part A: General Health Care - Increases the amount authorized to be expended per veteran for improvements and structural alterations necessary to assure the continuation of treatment for a disability or to provide access to the home or to lavatory and sanitary facilities. Makes such rates effective for veterans who first apply for such benefits on or after January 1, 1990, making ineligible for such increases any veterans who received the maximum amount authorized before such date. Requires the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a copy of any report submitted to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on all appropriate matters of geriatrics and gerontology. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements for the joint acquisition of medical equipment. Outlines conditions to such joint acquisition, including payment of no more than one half of the purchase price of such equipment by the Secretary, the exchange of use of such equipment between the joint holders, and provision by the institution involved of its share of the purchase price. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the other joint holder its interest in the equipment if the Secretary determines that such transfer would be justified by compelling clinical considerations or the economic…
Congressional Research Service · 1992-09-17
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