A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that veterans' compensation or pension benefits to which an inmate of a State penal institution or State hospital is otherwise entitled may be paid directly to the State as reimbursement for costs incurred in the care of such inmate during the imprisonment or confinement, if the State law requires inmates in such institutions or hospitals to make reimbursement for such costs.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

2 March 1983

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Status

Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summary

Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay to a State any veterans' compensation or pension benefits to which an inmate or patient of a State penal institution or a State hospital would otherwise be entitled.

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summary · EN · 2 March 1983
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/1785
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