115 STAT. 2458 PUBLIC LAW 107-135-^AN. 23, 2002 SEC. 203. MAINTENANCE OF CAPACITY FOR SPECIALIZED TREATMENT AND REHABILITATIVE NEEDS OF DISABLED VETERANS. (a) MAINTENANCE OF CAPACITY ON A GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA 38 USC 1706. BASIS. —Section 1706(b) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the first sentence, by inserting "(and each geographic service area of the Veterans Health Administration)" after "ensure that the Department"; and (B) in clause (B), by inserting "(and each geographic service area of the Veterans Health Administration)" after "overall capacity of the Department"; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs; "(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the capacity of the Department (and each geographic service area of the Veterans Health Administration) to provide for the specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans (including veterans with spinal cord dysfunction, traumatic brain injury, blindness, prosthetics and sensory aids, and mental illness) within distinct programs or facilities shall be measured for seriously mentally ill veterans as follows (with all such data to be provided by geographic service area and totaled nationally): "(A) For mental health intensive community-based care, the number of discrete intensive care teams constituted to provide such intensive services to seriously mentally ill veterans and the number of veterans provided such care. "(B) For opioid substitution programs, the number of patients treated annually and the amounts expended. "(C) For dual-diagnosis patients, the number treated annually and the amounts expended. "(D) For substance-use disorder programs— "(i) the number of beds (whether hospital, nursing home, or other designated beds) employed and the average bed occupancy of such beds; "(ii) the percentage of unique patients admitted directly to outpatient care during the fiscal year who had two or more additional visits to specialized outpatient care within 30 days of their first visit, with a comparison from 1996 until the date of the report; "(iii) the percentage of unique inpatients with substance-use disorder diagnoses treated during the fiscal year who had one or more specialized clinic visits within three days of their index discharge, with a comparison from 1996 until the date of the report; "(iv) the percentage of unique outpatients seen in a facility or geographic service area during the fiscal year who had one or more specialized clinic visits, with a comparison from 1996 until the date of the report; and "(v) the rate of recidivism of patients at each specialized clinic in each geographic service area of the Veterans Health Administration. "(E) For mental health programs, the number and type of staff that are available at each facility to provide specialized mental health treatment, including satellite clinics, outpatient
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