Veterans' Research Corporation and Medical Care Extension Act of 1991

Summary

Veterans' Research Corporation and Medical Care Extension Act of 1991 - Amends various Federal veterans' benefits provisions to: (1) extend through FY 1994 the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish independent nonprofit research corporations at Department medical centers; (2) terminate a provision prohibiting the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from furnishing care and treatment and rehabilitative services for alcohol and drug dependence or abuse disabilities beyond FY 1991; (3) terminate a provision requiring an ongoing clinical evaluation of the long-term results of drug and alcohol abuse treatment furnished to veterans in contract residential treatment facilities; (4) extend through FY 1996 the Department's authority to make grants to States for constructing and acquiring State home facilities for furnishing domiciliary and nursing home care and for expanding, altering, or remodeling existing facilities; (5) extend through FY 1995 the authority for the operation of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in the Philippines; (6) decrease from $1,000,000 to $500,000 the annual authorized grant for replacing and upgrading equipment and facilities at such Medical Center, requiring the first $50,000 of such funds to be used for educating and training medical personnel; and (7) extend through FY 1994 the authority of the Department to operate adult day health care programs.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 11 June 1991

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