PUBLIC LAW 105-114—NOV. 21, 1997 111 STAT. 2287 "(D) Shelter. "(E) Counseling. "(F) Outreach services. "(4) Each assessment shall also indicate the extent to which the needs referred to in paragraph (3) are being met adequately by the programs of the Department, of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, of State and local governments, and of nongovernmental organizations. "(5) Each assessment shall be carried out in accordance with uniform procedures and guidelines prescribed by the Secretary. "(c) In furtherance of subsection (a), the Secretary shall require the director of each medical center and the director of each regional benefits office, in coordination with representatives of State and local governments, other Federal officials, and nongovernmental organizations that have experience working with homeless persons in the areas served by such facility or office, to— "(1) develop a list of all public and private programs that provide assistsince to homeless persons or homeless veterans in the area concerned, together with a description of the services offered by those programs; "(2) seek to encourage the development by the representatives of such entities, in coordination with the director, of a plan to coordinate among such public and private programs the provision of services to homeless veterans; "(3) take appropriate action to meet, to the maximum extent practicable through existing programs and available resources, the needs of homeless veterans that are identified in the assessment conducted under subsection (b); and "(4) attempt to inform homeless veterans whose needs the director cannot meet under paragraph (3) of the services available to such veterans within the area served by such center or office.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. —(1) Section 1720A is amended— (A) by striking out subsections (a), (e), (f), and (g); and (B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively. (2) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: § 1720A. Treatment and rehabilitative services for persons with drug or alcohol dependency". (c) CONFORMING REPEALS. —The following provisions are rGTiG3.1 fid* (1) Section 7 of Public Law 102-54 (38 U.S.C. 1718 note). (2) Section 107 of the Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 527 note). (3) Section 2 of the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Service Programs Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 7721 note). (4) Section 115 of the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 (38 U.S.C. 1712 note). (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. —The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 is amended— (1) by striking out the item relating to section 1720A and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "1720A. Treatment and rehabilitative services for persons with drug or alcohol dependency."; and (2) by adding at the end the following:
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