5 service-connected disability or who is unable to defray the expense of transportation; "(P) any other such specialized services or treatment modalities which from time to time may be approved by the Administrator on the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director. "(2) The term 'Veterans' Administration facilities' means: "(A) facilities over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction; "(B) Government facilities for which the Administrator contracts; and "(C) private facilities for which the Administrator contracts in order to provide health services (i) for veterans whose eligibility stems from section 610 (a) of this title; (ii) for veterans whose eligibility stems from section 610 (b) of this title, to the extent that additional treatment is reasonably necessary to complete treatment provided on an inpatient basis in a Veterans' Administration facility (as defined in other subsections of this section) when it is determined to be in the best interest of the veteran and the Government; (iii) for women veterans; or (iv) for veterans in a State, territory, 1 2 6 Commonwealth, or possession of the United States not contiguous to the forty-eight contiguous States. 3 "§ 602. Presumption relating to psychosis 4 "For the purposes of this chapter, any veteran of World 5 War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam era who 6 developed an active psychosis (1) within two years after 7 his discharge or release from the active military, naval, or 8 air service, and (2) before July 26, 1949, in the case of a 9 veteran of World War II, or February 1, 1957, in the case 10 of a veteran of the Korean conflict, or before the expiration. 11 of two years following termination of the Vietnam era in 12 the case of a Vietnam era veteran, shall be deemed to have 13 incurred such disability in the active military, naval, or air 14 service. 15 16 17 "Subchapter II-Health Services "§ 610. Eligibility for health services "The Administrator, within the limits of Veterans' 18 Administration facilities, may furnish health services which 19 he determines are needed to— "(1) any veteran with a service-connected disability, "(2) any person whose discharge or release from the active military, naval, or air service was for a dis ability incurred or aggravated in line of duty; and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 "(3) any veteran who is sixty-five years of age or older; or "(4) any veteran who is unable to defray the expenses of such care, and for the purposes of this para graph, any veteran who is in receipt of pension, or whose income is below that established from time to time as representing the poverty level, shall be deemed to be unable to defray such expenses. 9 "8611. Health services during examinations and in emer 10 11 gencies "(a) The Administrator may furnish health services 12 incident to physical examinations where such examinations are necessary in carrying out the provisions of other laws 14 administered by him. 13 66 "(b) The Administrator may furnish health services as a humanitarian service in emergency cases, but he shall charge for such care at rates prescribed by him. "(c) The Administrator may furnish health services to any veteran not otherwise eligible under section 610 of this title if "(1) the health authority of a State or political subdivision thereof has certified that non-Federal medical facilities are not adequate to meet the medical needs of 8 1 2 3 4 the community without the utilization of Veterans' Administration facilities; and "(2) such veteran pays for the health service so provided at rates prescribed by the Administrator. 5 "§ 613. Medical care for survivors and dependents of cer 6 7 tain veterans "(a) The Administrator may provide medical care, in 8 accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this 9 section, to 10 11 12 13 14 "(1) the wife or child of any veteran who has a total disability, permanent in nature, resulting from a service-connected disability, and "(2) the widow or child of any veteran who died as a result of a service-connected disability, 15 if such wife, widow, or child is not eligible for medical care 16 under chapter 55 of title 10 (CHLAMPUS). 66 17 "(b) In order to accomplish the purposes of subsec18 tion (a) of this section, the Administrator shall provide 19 for medical care in the same or similar manner, and sub20 ject to the same or similar limitations, as medical care is 21 furnished to certain dependents and survivors of active duty 22 and retired members of the Armed Forces under chapter 23 55 of title 10 (CHAMPUS), by— 24 25 “(1) entering into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense under which the Secretary shall include cov 77-086 - 76 - 2 9 67 8 9 erage for such medical care under the contract, or con tracts, he enters into to carry out such chapter 55, and under which the Administrator shall fully reimburse the Secretary for all costs and expenditures made for the purposes of affording the medical care authorized pur suant to this section; or "(2) contracting in accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe for such insurance, medical service, or health plans as he deems appropriate. 10 In cases in which Veterans' Administration medical facilities 11 are particularly equipped to provide the most effective care 12 and treatment, the Administrator is also authorized to carry 13 out such purposes through the use of such facilities not being 14 utilized for the care of eligible veterans. 15 "§ 616. Hospital care by other agencies of the United 16 17 States "When so specified in an appropriation or other Act, the 18 Administrator may make allotments and transfers to the 19 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Public 20 Health Service), the Department of the Army, Department 21 of the Navy, Department of the Air Force, or the Department of the Interior, for disbursement by them under the 23 various headings of their appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of veterans entitled to hospitalization from the Veterans' Administration under 22 24 25 |