[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 836 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 836

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend by five years the 
   period for the provision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of 
noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 2003

Mr. Rockefeller introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend by five years the 
   period for the provision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of 
noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR PROVISION OF 
              NONINSTITUTIONAL EXTENDED CARE SERVICES AND REQUIRED 
              NURSING HOME CARE.

    (a) Noninstitutional Extended Care Services.--Section 1701(10)(A) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ``the date of 
the enactment of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act 
and ending on December 31, 2003,'' and inserting ``November 30, 1999, 
and ending on December 31, 2008,''.
    (b) Required Nursing Home Care.--Section 1710A(c) of such title is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2003'' and inserting ``December 31, 
2008''.
    (c) Additional Report on Extended Care Services.--Section 101(i) of 
the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-
117; 113 Stat. 1550; 38 U.S.C. 1710A note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Report.--'' and inserting ``Reports.--'';
            (2) in the first sentence, by inserting ``and January 1, 
        2008,'' after ``January 1, 2003,''; and
            (3) in the second sentence, by striking ``the report'' and 
        inserting ``each report''.
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