mental health and substance abuse dis-
orders and for post-traumatic stress dis-
order, if such services are not readily avail-
able through the Department of Veterans 
Affairs medical center serving the geo-
graphic area in which the veteran family is 
housed; 
‘‘(iii) habilitation and rehabilitation 
services; 
‘‘(iv) case management services; 
‘‘(v) daily living services; 
‘‘(vi) personal financial planning; 
‘‘(vii) transportation services; 
‘‘(viii) vocational counseling; 
‘‘(ix) employment and training; 
‘‘(x) educational services; 
‘‘(xi) assistance in obtaining veterans 
benefits and other public benefits, includ-
ing health care provided by the Depart-
ment; 
‘‘(xii) assistance in obtaining income 
support; 
‘‘(xiii) assistance in obtaining health 
insurance;
‘‘(xiv) fiduciary and representative 
payee services; 
‘‘(xv) legal services to assist the vet-
eran family with reconsiderations or ap-
peals of veterans and public benefit claim 
denials and to resolve outstanding war-
rants that interfere with the family’s abil-
ity to obtain or retain housing or sup-
portive services; 
‘‘(xvi) child care; 
‘‘(xvii) housing counseling; 
‘‘(xviii) other services necessary for 
maintaining independent living; and 
‘‘(xix) coordination of services de-
scribed in this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) Services provided by an eligible entity 
or subcontractors, including services described 
in clauses (i) through (xix) of subparagraph 
(A), that are delivered to very low-income vet-
eran families who are homeless and who are 
scheduled to become residents of permanent 
housing within 90 days of the date on which the 
service is provided pending the location or de-
velopment of housing suitable for permanent 
housing.
‘‘(C) Services provided by an eligible entity 
or subcontractors, including services described 
in clauses (i) through (xix) of subparagraph 
(A), for very low-income veteran families who 
have voluntarily chosen to seek other housing 
after a period of tenancy in permanent housing, 
that are provided, for a period of 90 days be-
ginning on the date on which such a family 
exits permanent housing or until such a family 
commences receipt of other housing services 
adequate to meet the needs of the family, but 
only to the extent that services under this para-
graph are designed to support such a family in 
the choice to transition into housing that is re-
sponsive to the individual needs and preferences 
of the family.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 2043 
the following new item: 
‘‘2044. Financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran 
families residing in permanent housing.’’. 
SEC. 10. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DENTAL CARE. 
Section 2062(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘60 consecutive days’’ both places 
it appears and inserting ‘‘30 consecutive days’’.
SEC. 11. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
Title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in each of sections 1708(d), 7314(f), 
7320(j)(2), 7325(i)(2), and 7328(i)(2), by striking 
‘‘medical care account’’ and inserting ‘‘medical serv-
ices account’’; 
(2) in section 1712A— 
(A) by striking subsection (g); 
(B) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), 
(f), and (i) as subsections (c) through (f), re-
spectively; and 
(C) in subsection (f)(1), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘(including a Resource Cen-
ter designated under subsection (h)(3)(A) of 
this section)’’; 
(3) in section 2065(b)(3)(C), by striking ‘‘)’’; 
(4) in the table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 36, by striking the item relating to section 
3684A and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘3684A. Procedures relating to computer matching program.’’; 
(5) in section 3684(a)(1), by striking ‘‘34,,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘34,’’; 
(6) in section 4110(c)(1), by striking ‘‘15’’ and 
inserting ‘‘16’’;
(7) in the table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 51, by striking the item relating to section 
5121 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘5121. Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary.’’; 
(8) in section 7458(b)(2), by striking ‘‘pro 
rated’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-rated’’; and 
(9) in section 8117(a)(1), by striking ‘‘such 
such’’ and inserting ‘‘such’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2874 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make 
certain improvements in the provision of health 
care to veterans, and for other purposes.