Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/1745
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 12:30:23+00:00

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Any veteran in need of such care for a service-connecteddisability.
is in need of such care.
Payment under each contract (or agreement) between the Secretary and a State home under paragraph (1) shall be based on a methodology, developed by the Secretary in consultation with the State home, to adequately reimburse the State home for the care provided by the State home under the contract (or agreement).
Payment by the Secretary under paragraph (1) to a State home for nursing home care provided to a veteran described in that paragraph constitutes payment in full to the State home for such care furnished to that veteran.
is in need of such drugs and medicines for a service-connecteddisability.
is in need of such drugs and medicines.
Any State home that requests payment or reimbursement for services provided to a veteran under this section shall provide to the Secretary such information as the Secretary considers necessary to identify each individual veteran eligible for payment under such section.
The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with each State home for payment by the Secretary for medical supervision model adult day health care provided to a veteran described in subsection (a)(1) on whose behalf the State home is not in receipt of payment for nursing home care from the Secretary.
Payment under each agreement between the Secretary and a State home under paragraph (1) for each veteran who receives medical supervision model adult day health care under such agreement shall be made at a rate established through regulations prescribed by the Secretary to adequately reimburse the State home for the care provided by the State home, including necessary transportation expenses.
The Secretary shall consult with the State homes in prescribing regulations under subparagraph (A).
The rate established through regulations under subparagraph (A) shall not take effect until the date that is 30 days after the date on which those regulations are published in the Federal Register.
Payment by the Secretary under paragraph (1) to a State home for medical supervision model adult day health care provided to a veteran described in that paragraph constitutes payment in full to the State home for such care furnished to that veteran.
In this subsection, the term “medical supervision model adult day health care” means adult day health care that includes the coordination of physician services, dental services, nursing services, the administration of drugs, and such other requirements as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
Pub. L. 115–251, title II, § 211(a)(9), Sept. 29, 2018, 132 Stat. 3175, provided that subsection (a)(4)(B)(ii)(III) of this section, set out below, is amended by striking “subchapter V of chapter 17 of this title” and inserting “this subchapter”. See 2018 Amendment note below.
(4)(A) An agreement under this section may be authorized by the Secretary or any Department official authorized by the Secretary, and any such action is not an award for purposes of such laws that would otherwise require the use of competitive procedures for the furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and extended care services.
(B)(i) Except as provided in the agreement itself, in clause (ii), and unless otherwise provided in this section or regulations prescribed pursuant to this section, a State home that enters into an agreement under this section is not subject to, in the carrying out of the agreement, any provision of law to which providers of services and suppliers under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) are not subject.
(III) all provisions in subchapter V of chapter 17 of this title.
(iii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), a State home that enters into an agreement under this section may not be treated as a Federal contractor or subcontractor for purposes of chapter 67 of title 41 (known as the “McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 1965”).
2018—Pub. L. 115–159, § 2(a)(2), inserted “, adult day health care,” after “home care” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–182, § 103(a)(1), substituted “(or an agreement)” for “(or agreement under section 1720(c)(1) of this title)” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 115–182, § 103(a)(2), added par. (4).
Subsec. (a)(4)(B)(ii)(III). Pub. L. 115–251 substituted “this subchapter” for “subchapter V of chapter 17 of this title”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–159, § 2(a)(1), added subsec. (d).
2012—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 112–154, § 105(a)(1), substituted in introductory provisions “The Secretary shall enter into a contract (or agreement under section 1720(c)(1) of this title) with each State home for payment by the Secretary for nursing home care provided in the home” for “The Secretary shall pay each State home for nursing home care at the rate determined under paragraph (2)”.
2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–461, § 211(a)(2), added subsec. (b).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–461, § 211(b)(1), added subsec. (c).
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–154 applicable to care provided on or after the date that is 180 days after Aug. 6, 2012, with certain exceptions, see section 105(c) of Pub. L. 112–154, set out as a note under 1720 of this title.
Section and amendment by section 211(a)(2) of Pub. L. 109–461 effective 90 days after Dec. 22, 2006, see section 211(a)(5) of Pub. L. 109–461, set out as an Effective Date of 2006 Amendment note under section 1710 of this title.

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