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38 U.S.C. § 8151 — Statement of congressional purpose

submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-785 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 60 words · no verdicts yet

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This law's goal is to strengthen VA medical programs and improve veteran health care. It lets the Secretary make agreements with health-care providers to share resources. This works both ways, without cutting services to veterans.

This subchapter exists to strengthen the medical programs at Department facilities and improve the quality of health care given to veterans under this title. It does this by letting the Secretary make agreements with health-care providers, to share health-care resources with them and receive health-care resources from them, while making sure services to veterans are never reduced.
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It is the purpose of this subchapter to strengthen the medical programs at Department facilities and improve the quality of health care provided veterans under this title by authorizing the Secretary to enter into agreements with health-care providers in order to share health-care resources with, and receive health-care resources from, such providers while ensuring no diminution of services to veterans.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 89–785, title II, § 203, Nov. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 1373, § 5051; amended Pub. L. 101–366, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 438; renumbered § 8151, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405; Pub. L. 103–210, § 3(a), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2497; Pub. L. 104–262, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3191.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-785 · 80 Stat. 1373
  • 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-366 · 104 Stat. 438
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-40 · 105 Stat. 238
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 404, 405
  • 1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-210 · 107 Stat. 2497
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-262 · 110 Stat. 3191

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-785 on 1966-11-07.

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