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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 488

PUBLIC LAW 100-322—MAY 20, 1988 TITLE II—HEALTH-CARE ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL MATTERS PART A—ADMINISTRATION

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206.

Health-care quality assurance activities. Hospital cost collections. Tort claims. Nonprofit research corporations. Nursing home revolving fund. State home construction grants. PART B—PAY AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

Sec. 211. Additional pay authorities for nurses to be available for pharmacists and occupational therapists. Sec. 212. Recruitment and retention bonus pay. Sec. 213. On-call pay. Sec. 214. Premium pay for Saturday work. Sec. 215. Report on effect of certain pay and benefits amendments. Sec. 216. Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program. Sec. 217. Pay scales and awards for Department of Medicine and Surgery employees. PART C—PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 221. Disciplinary matters as to certain appointees. Sec. 222. Personnel ceilings for noncareer research personnel. Sec. 223. Authority to waive licensure and internship requirements for certain health-care personnel. Sec. 224. Nurse representation on policymaking committees. PART D—REPORTS

Sec. 231. Study of pay and other personnel management practices. Sec. 232. Report on certain activities relating to training in geriatrics of medical and other health-professional schools affiliated with the Veterans' Administration. TITLE III—VETERANS' BENEFITS PART A—BENEFITS BASED ON SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

301. 302. 303. 304.

Specially adapted housing assistance. Automobile assistance allowance. Burial benefit for service-connected deaths. Effective date. PART B—COMPENSATION-RELATED PROVISIONS

Sec. 311. Definition of former prisoner of war. Sec. 312. Presumption of service connection for certain disabilities for former prisoners of war. Sec. 313. Presumption of service connection for lupus. Sec. 314. Reinstated entitlement for certain survivors. PART C—EDUCATION PROVISIONS

Sec. 321. Measurement of laboratory instruction. Sec. 322. Authority to waive compliance surveys. Sec. 323. Effective date of awards under the post-Vietnam era veterans' education assistance program. PART D—INSURANCE PROVISIONS

Sec. 331. Authority for annuity adjustments. Sec. 332. Exemptions from State taxation. Sec. 333. Direct administration of veterans' mortgage life insurance. PART E—MEMORIAL AFFAIRS

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

341. 342. 343. 344. 345. 346.

National cemetery grave markers. Contributions for certain projects. State veterans' cemetery construction grants. Grave liners. American Battle Monuments Commission foreign currency fluctuations. Transfer of the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery to the Veterans' Administration.