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38 U.S.C. § 1742 — Inspections of such homes; restrictions on beneficiaries
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**(a)** The Secretary may inspect any State home at such times as the Secretary deems necessary. No payment or grant may be made to any home under this subchapter unless such home is determined by the Secretary to meet such standards as the Secretary shall prescribe, which standards with respect to nursing home care shall be no less stringent than those prescribed pursuant to [section 1720(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1720/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** The Secretary may ascertain the number of persons on account of whom payments may be made under this subchapter on account of any State home, but shall have no authority over the management or control of any State home.
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**(a)** The Secretary may inspect any State home at such times as the Secretary deems necessary. No payment or grant may be made to any home under this subchapter unless such home is determined by the Secretary to meet such standards as the Secretary shall prescribe, which standards with respect to nursing home care shall be no less stringent than those prescribed pursuant to [section 1720(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1720/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** The Secretary may ascertain the number of persons on account of whom payments may be made under this subchapter on account of any State home, but shall have no authority over the management or control of any State home.
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the President pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Secretary may pay the actual necessary expense of travel (including lodging and subsistence), or in lieu thereof an allowance based upon mileage (at a rate of 41.5 cents per mile), of any person to or from a Department facility or other place in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling required by the Secretary pursuant to chapter 34 or 35 of this title, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Actual necessary expense of travel includes the reasonable costs of airfare if travel by air is the only practical way to reach a Department facility. In addition to the mileage allowance authorized by this section, there may be allowed reimbursement for the actual cost of ferry fares, and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls.
**(b)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and notwithstanding subsection (g)(2) of this section or any other provision of law, if, with respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary exercises the authority under this section to make any payments, the Secretary shall make the payments provided for in this section to or for the following persons for travel during such fiscal year for examination, treatment, or care for which the person is eligible:
(A) A veteran or other person whose travel is in connection with treatment or care for a service-connected disability.
(B) A veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more.
(C) A veteran receiving pension under [section 1521 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521&num=0&edition=prelim).
(D) A veteran (i) who is not traveling by air and whose annual income (as determined under [secti
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**(a)** While the eligible person is enrolled in and pursuing a full-time course of special restorative training, the eligible person shall be entitled to receive a special training allowance computed at the basic rate of $788 per month. If the charges for tuition and fees applicable to any such course are more than $247 per calendar month, the basic monthly allowance may be increased by the amount that such charges exceed $247 a month, upon election by the eligible person to have such person’s period of entitlement reduced by one day for each such increased amount of allowance that is equal to one-thirtieth of the full-time basic monthly rate of special training allowance.
**(b)** No payments of a special training allowance shall be made for the same period for which the payment of an educational assistance allowance is made or for any period during which the training is pursued on less than a full-time basis.
**(c)** Full-time training for the purpose of this section shall be determined by the Secretary with respect to the capacities of the individual trainee.
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**(a)** The Secretary (subject to [section 1710(a)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710/a/4&num=0&edition=prelim) and subsection (c) of this section) shall operate and maintain a program to provide extended care services to eligible veterans in accordance with this section. Such services shall include the following:
(1) Geriatric evaluation.
(2) Nursing home care (A) in facilities operated by the Secretary, and (B) in community-based facilities through contracts under [section 1720 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1720&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) Domiciliary services under [section 1710(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) Adult day health care under [section 1720(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1720/f&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) Such other noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care as the Secretary may furnish as medical services under section 1701(10) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
(6) Respite care under [section 1720B of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1720b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** The Secretary shall ensure that the staffing and level of extended care services provided by the Secretary nationally in facilities of the Department during any fiscal year is not less than the staffing and level of such services provided nationally in facilities of the Department during fiscal year 1998.
**(c)**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may not furnish extended care services for a non-service-
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 1742
tion [amending this section and sections 101, 8131 and
8132 of this title].
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days
after completing consultations under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report recommending legisla-
tive action that the Secretary considers appropriate
to modify the State home program described in such
paragraph in light of those consultations.
‘‘(3) MODIFICATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after
completing consultations under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall make any modifications to regula-
tions implementing the State home program, for
which legislative action is not necessary, as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate in light of those con-
sultations.
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall provide technical sup-
port and assistance to Indian tribes in carrying out the
State home program at State homes operated by Indian
tribes pursuant to the amendments made by this sec-
tion.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS.—The
term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means—
‘‘(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate; and
‘‘(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United
States of the Committee on Natural Resources of
the House of Representatives.
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ has the
meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 5304).
‘‘(3) STATE HOME.—The term ‘State home’ has the
meaning given that term in section 101(19) of title 38,
United States Code.
‘‘(4) STATE HO
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