PUBLIC LAW 102-405—OCT. 9, 1992 106 STAT. 1975 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 81 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8156 the following new items: "8157. Joint title to medical equipment. "8158. Deposit in escrow.". (b) REPORT. —Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the Secretary plans for implementation of this section. The report shall include an identification and discussion of— (1) the instructions the Secretary proposes to issue to medical facilities to guide the development of proposals for procurement of medical equipment under this section, including instructions for ensuring equitable arrangements for use of the equipment by the Department and the co-purchasers of the equipment; (2) the criteria by which the Secretary plans to evaluate proposals to procure medical equipment under this section; (3) the means by which the Secretary will integrate the process of procuring equipment under this section with the policies and procedures governing health care planning by the Veterans Health Administration; and (4) the criteria by which determinations to transfer title to equipment under section 8157(c) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), would be made. SEC. 104. QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIYITIES. 38 USC 7311 Effective on October 1, 1992, programs and activities which Effective date. (1) the Secretary carries out pursuant to section 7311(a) of title 38, United States Code, or (2) are described in sections 201(a)(1) and 201(a)(3) of Public Law 100-322 (102 Stat. 508) shall be deemed to be part of the operation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, without regard to the location of the duty stations of employees carrying out those programs and activities. SEC. 105. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PROSTHETICS AND SPECIAL-DIS- ABILTTIES PROGRAMS. (a) STATUS AND NAME OF COMMITTEE.—The Federal advisory 38 USC 543 note. committee established by the Secretary and known as the Prosthetics Service Advisory Committee shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known as the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs and shall operate as though such committee had been established by law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Committee may, upon the enactment of this Act, meet and act on any matter covered by subsection (b) of section 543 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (b) of this section. (b) STATUTORY ESTABLISHMENT.— (1) Chapter 5 is amended by adding at the end of subchapter III the following new section:
- §543. Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
"(a) There is in the Department an advisory committee known as the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Committee').
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