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38 U.S.C. § 1720B — Respite care
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**(a)** The Secretary may furnish respite care services to a veteran who is enrolled to receive care under [section 1710 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** For the purpose of this section, the term “respite care services” means care and services which—
(1) are of limited duration;
(2) are furnished on an intermittent basis to a veteran who is suffering from a chronic illness and who resides primarily at home; and
(3) are furnished for the purpose of helping the veteran to continue residing primarily at home.
**(c)** In furnishing respite care services, the Secretary may enter into contract arrangements.
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**(a)** The Secretary may furnish respite care services to a veteran who is enrolled to receive care under [section 1710 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** For the purpose of this section, the term “respite care services” means care and services which—
(1) are of limited duration;
(2) are furnished on an intermittent basis to a veteran who is suffering from a chronic illness and who resides primarily at home; and
(3) are furnished for the purpose of helping the veteran to continue residing primarily at home.
**(c)** In furnishing respite care services, the Secretary may enter into contract arrangements.
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary (subject to paragraph (4)) shall furnish hospital care and medical services which the Secretary determines to be needed—
(A) to any veteran for a service-connected disability; and
(B) to any veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at 50 percent or more.
(2) The Secretary (subject to paragraph (4)) shall furnish hospital care and medical services, and may furnish nursing home care, which the Secretary determines to be needed to any veteran—
(A) who has a compensable service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent or, with respect to nursing home care during any period during which the provisions of [section 1710A(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710A/a&num=0&edition=prelim) are in effect, a compensable service-connected disability rated less than 70 percent;
(B) whose discharge or release from active military, naval, air, or space service was for a disability that was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty;
(C) who is in receipt of, or who, but for a suspension pursuant to [section 1151 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1151&num=0&edition=prelim) (or both a suspension and the receipt of retired pay), would be entitled to disability compensation, but only to the extent that such veteran’s continuing eligibility for such care is provided for in the judgment or settlement provided for in such section;
(D) who is a former prisoner of war, who was awarded the medal of honor under section 7271, 8291, or 9271 of title 10 or section 491 11 See References in Text note below. of title 14, or who was awarded the Purple Heart;
(E) who is a veteran of—
(i) the Mexican border period;
(
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**(a)**
(1) Outpatient dental services and treatment, and related dental appliances, shall be furnished under this section only for a dental condition or disability—
(A) which is service-connected and compensable in degree;
(B) which is service-connected, but not compensable in degree, but only if—
(i) the dental condition or disability is shown to have been in existence at the time of the veteran’s discharge or release from active military, naval, air, or space service;
(ii) the veteran had served on active duty for a period of not less than 180 days or, in the case of a veteran who served on active duty during the Persian Gulf War, 90 days immediately before such discharge or release;
(iii) application for treatment is made within 180 days after such discharge or release, except that (I) in the case of a veteran who reentered active military, naval, air, or space service within 90 days after the date of such veteran’s prior discharge or release from such service, application may be made within 180 days from the date of such veteran’s subsequent discharge or release from such service, and (II) if a disqualifying discharge or release has been corrected by competent authority, application may be made within 180 days after the date of correction; and
(iv) the veteran’s certificate of discharge or release from active duty does not bear a certification that the veteran was provided, within the 90-day period immediately before the date of such discharge or release, a complete dental examination (including dental X-rays) and all appropriate dental services and treatment indicated by the examination to be needed;
(C) which is a service-connected dental condition or disability due to combat wounds or other service trauma, or of a former prisoner of
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**(a)** The days of leave provided by this subchapter are days on which an employee would otherwise work and receive pay and are exclusive of holidays and nonworkdays established by Federal statute, Executive order, or administrative order.
**(b)** For the purpose of this subchapter an employee is deemed employed for a full biweekly pay period if he is employed during the days within that period, exclusive of holidays and nonworkdays established by Federal statute, Executive order, or administrative order, which fall within his basic administrative workweek.
**(c)** A part-time employee, unless otherwise excepted, is entitled to the benefits provided by subsection (d) of this section and sections 6303, 6304(a), (b), 6305(a), 6307, and 6310 of this title on a pro rata basis.
**(d)** The annual leave provided by this subchapter, including annual leave that will accrue to an employee during the year, may be granted at any time during the year as the head of the agency concerned may prescribe.
**(e)** If an officer excepted from this subchapter by section 6301(2)(x)–(xiii) of this title, without a break in service, again becomes subject to this subchapter on completion of his service as an excepted officer, the unused annual and sick leave standing to his credit when he was excepted from this subchapter is deemed to have remained to his credit.
**(f)** An employee who uses excess annual leave credited because of administrative error may elect to refund the amount received for the days of excess leave by lump-sum or installment payments or to have the excess leave carried forward as a charge against later-accruing annual leave, unless repayment is waived under [section 5584 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5584&nu
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 1720B
sively to veterans who are in (or who recently have
been in) a program for the treatment of substance
abuse.
‘‘(b) LOAN RECIPIENTS.—A loan under this section
may only be made to a nonprofit organization under se-
lection criteria promulgated by the Secretary and only
to assist that organization in leasing housing units for
use as a group residence for the purposes described in
subsection (a). The amount of such a loan that is used
with respect to any single residential unit may not ex-
ceed $4,500. In making loans under this subsection, the
Secretary shall, except to the extent that the Sec-
retary determines that it is infeasible to do so, ensure
that—
‘‘(1) each loan is repaid within two years after the
date on which the loan is made;
‘‘(2) each loan is repaid through monthly install-
ments and that a reasonable penalty is assessed for
each failure to pay an installment by the date speci-
fied in the loan agreement involved; and
‘‘(3) each loan is made only to a nonprofit private
entity which agrees that, in the operation of each
residence established with the assistance of the
loan—
‘‘(A) the use of alcohol or any illegal drug in the
residence will be prohibited;
‘‘(B) any resident who violates the prohibition in
subclause (A) of this clause will be expelled from
the residence;
‘‘(C) the costs of maintaining the residence, in-
cluding fees for rent and utilities, will be paid by
the residents;
‘‘(D) the residents will, through a majority vote
of the residents, otherwise establish policies gov-
erning the conditions of residence, including the
manner in which applications for residence are ap-
proved; and
‘‘(E) the residence will be operated solely as a res-
idence for not less than six veterans.
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