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PUBLIC LAW 106-117—NOV. 30, 1999 113 STAT. 1545 Public Law 106-117 106th Congress An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of extended care services for veterans, to make other improvements in health care programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to enhance compensation, memorial affairs, Nov. 30, 1999 and housing programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve retire- [R.'R. 2116] ment authorities applicable to judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Veterans Millennium SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. Health Care and (a) SHORT TITLE.— This Act may be cited as the "Veterans f| use lOi note Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. Sec. 3. Secretary and Depsirtment defined. TITLE I—ACCESS TO CARE: Subtitle A—Long-Term Care Sec. 101. Requirement to provide extended care services. Sec. 102. Pilot programs relating to long-term care. Sec. 103. Pilot program relating to assisted living. Subtitle B—Other Access to Care Matters Sec. 111. Reimbursement for emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. Sec. 112. Eligibility for care of combat-iryured veterans. Sec. 113. Access to care for TRICARE-eligible military retirees. Sec. 114. Treatment and services for drug or alcohol dependency. Sec. 115. Counseling and treatment for veterans who have experienced sexual trauma. Sec. 116. Specialized mental health services. TITLE II—MEDICAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION Sec. 201. Medical care collections. Sec. 202. Health Services Improvement Fund. Sec. 203. Allocation to health care facilities of amounts made available from Medical Care Collections Fund. Sec. 204. Authority to accept funds for education and tniining. Sec. 205. Extension of certain authorities. Sec. 206. Restablishment of Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Sec. 207. State home grant program. Sec. 208. Expansion of enhanced-use lease authority. Sec. 209. Ineligibility for employment by Veterans Health Administration of health care professionals who have lost license toi practice in one jurisdiction while still licensed in another jurisdiction. Sec. 210. Report on coordination of procurement of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.