114 STAT. 1846 PUBLIC LAW 106-419—NOV. 1, 2000 SEC. 224. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES. (a) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE CARE. —Section l710A(a) is amended by inserting "(subject to section 1710(a)(4) of this title)" after "Secretary" the first place it appears. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. —Section 1710(a)(4) is amended— (1) by inserting "the requirement in section 1710A(a) of this title that the Secretary provide nursing home care," after "medical services,"; and (2) by striking the comma after "extended care services". (c) OUTPATIENT TREATMENT.— Section 201 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; 113 Stat. 1561) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 38 USC 1710 "(c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by subsection i^ote. (b) shall apply with respect to medical services furnished under section 171()(a) of title 38, United States Code, on or after the effective date of the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the amounts required to be established under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1710(g) of that title, as amended by subsection (b).". 38 USC 1710 (d) RATIFICATION.— Any action taken by the Secretary of Vetnote, erans Affairs under section 1710(g) of title 38, United States Code, during the period beginning on November 30, 1999, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act is hereby ratified. Subtitle D—Construction Authorization SEC. 231. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS. (a) FISCAL YEAR 2001 PROJECTS. — The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects, with each project to be carried out in an amount not to exceed the amount specified for that project: (1) Construction of a 120-bed gero-psychiatric facility at the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park Division, California, $26,600,000. (2) Construction of a nursing home at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Beckley, West Virginia, $9,500,000. (3) Seismic corrections, clinical consolidation, and other improvements at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, $51,700,000. (4) Construction of a utility plant and electrical vault at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida, $23,600,000. (b) ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEAR 2000 PROJECT. — The Secretary is authorized to carry out a project for the renovation of psychiatric nursing units at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in an amount not to exceed $14,000,000. SEC. 232. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. — T here are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the Construction, Major Projects, account—
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