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Title 24 — Hospitals and Asylums

Chapter 10 — Armed Forces Retirement Home

§ 413. Services provided to residents

Statutory text

(a)

Services provided

Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d), a resident of the Retirement Home shall receive the services authorized by the Chief Operating Officer.

(b)

Medical and dental care

The Retirement Home shall provide for the overall health care needs of residents in a high quality and cost-effective manner, including on site primary care, medical care, and a continuum of long-term care services. The services provided residents of the Retirement Home shall include appropriate nonacute medical and dental services, pharmaceutical services, and transportation of residents, which shall be provided at no cost to residents. Secondary and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not available at a facility of the Retirement Home shall, to the extent available, be obtained by agreement with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense in a facility administered by such Secretary. Except as provided in subsection (d), the Retirement Home shall not be responsible for the costs incurred for such care by a resident of the Retirement Home who uses a private medical facility for such care. The Retirement Home may not construct an acute care facility.

(c)

Availability of licensed practitioners

(1)

In providing for the health care needs of residents at a facility of the Retirement Home under subsection (b), the Retirement Home shall have appropriate licensed practitioners, as determined under paragraph (2), available during the daily business hours of the facility and on an on-call basis at other times.

(2)

In accordance with accrediting organization standards pursuant to section 411(g) of this title, the Chief Operating Officer, in consultation with the Medical Director, shall ensure that the skills, experience, and availability of the practitioners are suited to residents of the facility.

(d)

Transportation to medical care outside Retirement Home facilities

(1)

With respect to each facility of the Retirement Home, the Retirement Home shall provide daily scheduled transportation to nearby medical facilities used by residents of the facility. The Retirement Home may provide, based on a determination of medical need, unscheduled transportation for a resident of the facility to any medical facility located not more than 30 miles from the facility for the provision of necessary and urgent medical care for the resident.

(2)

The Retirement Home may not collect a fee from a resident for transportation provided under this subsection.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991

    Pub. L. 101–510 div. A title XV § 1513 · 104 Stat. 1485

    Enacted · 24 U.S.C. § 413

    Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, § 1513, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1725

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, § 1513, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1725

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1513. SERVICES PROVIDED RESIDENTS (a) Services Provided.— Except as provided in subsection (b), a resident of the Retirement Home shall receive the services authorized by the Retirement Home Board. (b) Medical and Dental Care.— The Retirement Home shall provide for the overall health care needs of residents in a high quality and cost-effective manner, including on site primary care, medical care, and a continuum of long-term care services. Secondary and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not available at the Retirement Home shall be obtained through agreements with facilities administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense or at private facilities. The Retirement Home may not construct an acute care facility.

  2. Pub. L. 103–160 div. A title III § 366(c) · 107 Stat. 1547

    1. Added · 24 U.S.C. § 413(b)

      Pub. L. 103–160 added second and third sentences

    2. Struck · 24 U.S.C. § 413(b)

      Pub. L. 103–160 struck out former second sentence which read as follows: “Secondary and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not available at the Retirement Home shall be obtained through agreements with facilities administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense or at private facilities.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–160 added second and third sentences and struck out former second sentence which read as follows: “Secondary and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not available at the Retirement Home shall be obtained through agreements with facilities administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense or at private facilities.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Supplies and Equipment.— Such section is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): “(c) Supplies and Equipment.— (1) Funds made available from Department of Defense operation and maintenance accounts to carry out the pilot program may be used for the purchase of supplies and equipment necessary for the provision of health care under the pilot program. “(2) In addition to supplies and equipment provided through the use of funds under paragraph (1), supplies and equipment described in such paragraph that are furnished by a State, a Federal agency, a private agency, or an individual may be used to carry out the pilot program.”.

  3. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

    Pub. L. 107–107 § 1404(b)(1)(B) · 115 Stat. 1012

    Substituted · 24 U.S.C. § 413(a)

    Pub. L. 107–107, § 1404(b)(1)(B), substituted “Chief Operating Officer” for “Retirement Home Board”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–107, § 1404(b)(1)(B), substituted “Chief Operating Officer” for “Retirement Home Board”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) Section 1513(a) (24 U.S.C. 412(a)), relating to services provided to residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

  4. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

    Pub. L. 107–107 § 1410(a)(1) · 115 Stat. 1012

    Struck · 24 U.S.C. § 413(b)

    Pub. L. 107–107, § 1410(a)(1), struck out “maintained as a separate establishment” after “available at a facility” in second sentence

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–107, § 1410(a)(1), struck out “maintained as a separate establishment” after “available at a facility” in second sentence.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 1513(b) (24 U.S.C. 413(b)), relating to services provided to residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, is amended by striking “maintained as a separate establishment” in the second sentence.

  5. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

    Pub. L. 109–163 § 909(a)(1) · 119 Stat. 3136

    Substituted · 24 U.S.C. § 413(a)

    Pub. L. 109–163, § 909(a)(1), substituted “subsections (b), (c), and (d)” for “subsection (b)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–163, § 909(a)(1), substituted “subsections (b), (c), and (d)” for “subsection (b)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in subsection (a), by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsections (b), (c), and (d)”;

  6. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

    Pub. L. 109–163 § 909(a)(2) · 119 Stat. 3136

    Substituted · 24 U.S.C. § 413(b)

    Pub. L. 109–163, § 909(a)(2), substituted “Except as provided in subsection (d), the” for “The”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163, § 909(a)(2), substituted “Except as provided in subsection (d), the” for “The”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) in the third sentence of subsection (b), by striking “The” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection (d), the”; and

  7. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

    Pub. L. 109–163 § 909(a)(3) · 119 Stat. 3136

    Added · 24 U.S.C. § 413(c); 24 U.S.C. § 413(d)

    Pub. L. 109–163, § 909(a)(3), added subsecs. (c) and (d)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 109–163, § 909(a)(3), added subsecs. (c) and (d).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(c) Availability of Physicians and Dentists.— (1) In providing for the health care needs of residents at a facility of the Retirement Home under subsection (b), the Retirement Home shall have a physician and a dentist— “(A) available at the facility during the daily business hours of the facility; and “(B) available on an on-call basis at other times. “(2) The physicians and dentists required by this subsection shall have the skills and experience suited to residents of the facility served by the physicians and dentists. “(3) To ensure the availability of health care services for residents of a facility of the Retirement Home, the Chief Operating Officer, in consultation with the Medical Director, shall establish uniform standards, appropriate to the medical needs of the residents, for access to health care services during and after the daily business hours of the facility. “(d) Transportation to Medical Care Outside Retirement Home Facilities.— (1) With respect to each facility of the Retirement Home, the Retirement Home shall provide daily scheduled transportation to nearby medical facilities used by residents of the facility. The Retirement Home may provide, based on a determination of medical need, unscheduled transportation for a resident of the facility to any medical facility located not more than 30 miles from the facility for the provision of necessary and urgent medical care for the resident. “(2) The Retirement Home may not collect a fee from a resident for transportation provided under this subsection.” .

  8. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

    Pub. L. 110–181 div. A title XIV § 1422(c) · 122 Stat. 3

    Inserted · 24 U.S.C. § 413(b)

    Pub. L. 110–181 inserted after first sentence “The services provided residents of the Retirement Home shall include appropriate nonacute medical and dental services, pharmaceutical services, and transportation of residents, which shall be provided at no cost to residents.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–181 inserted after first sentence “The services provided residents of the Retirement Home shall include appropriate nonacute medical and dental services, pharmaceutical services, and transportation of residents, which shall be provided at no cost to residents.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Spectrum of Care.— Section 1513(b) of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 413(b)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: “The services provided residents of the Retirement Home shall include appropriate nonacute medical and dental services, pharmaceutical services, and transportation of residents, which shall be provided at no cost to residents.”.

  9. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

    Pub. L. 112–81 div. A title V § 567(c)(2) · 125 Stat. 1298

    Substituted · 24 U.S.C. § 413

    Pub. L. 112–81 substituted “Services provided to residents” for “Services provided residents” in section catchline

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 112–81 substituted “Services provided to residents” for “Services provided residents” in section catchline.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Section 1513.— The heading of section 1513 of such Act (24 U.S.C. 413) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 1513. SERVICES PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS.” .

  10. Pub. L. 118–159 div. A title XIV § 1423 · 138 Stat. 2129

    Amended · 24 U.S.C. § 413(c)

    Pub. L. 118–159 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) related to availability of physicians and dentists

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–159 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–159 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) related to availability of physicians and dentists.

10 of 11 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments1993–2024 · 6 rounds

2024

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–159 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) related to availability of physicians and dentists.

2011

Pub. L. 112–81 substituted “Services provided to residents” for “Services provided residents” in section catchline.

2008

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–181 inserted after first sentence “The services provided residents of the Retirement Home shall include appropriate nonacute medical and dental services, pharmaceutical services, and transportation of residents, which shall be provided at no cost to residents.”

2006

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–163, § 909(a)(1), substituted “subsections (b), (c), and (d)” for “subsection (b)”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163, § 909(a)(2), substituted “Except as provided in subsection (d), the” for “The”.

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 109–163, § 909(a)(3), added subsecs. (c) and (d).

2001

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–107, § 1404(b)(1)(B), substituted “Chief Operating Officer” for “Retirement Home Board”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–107, § 1410(a)(1), struck out “maintained as a separate establishment” after “available at a facility” in second sentence.

1993

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–160 added second and third sentences and struck out former second sentence which read as follows: “Secondary and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not available at the Retirement Home shall be obtained through agreements with facilities administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense or at private facilities.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective one year after , see section 1541(a) of Pub. L. 101–510, formerly set out as a note under section 401 of this title.

Credits

1990–2024 · 7 acts
  1. 1990Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, § 1513, , 104 Stat. 1725
  2. 1993Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 366(c), , 107 Stat. 1630
  3. 2001Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XIV, §§ 1404(b)(1)(B), 1410(a)(1), , 115 Stat. 1260, 1266
  4. 2006Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title IX, § 909(a), , 119 Stat. 3404
  5. 2008Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XIV, § 1422(c), , 122 Stat. 420
  6. 2011Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, § 567(c)(2), , 125 Stat. 1426
  7. 2024Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XIV, § 1423, , 138 Stat. 2129.
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(Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, § 1513, , 104 Stat. 1725; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 366(c), , 107 Stat. 1630; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XIV, §§ 1404(b)(1)(B), 1410(a)(1), , 115 Stat. 1260, 1266; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title IX, § 909(a), , 119 Stat. 3404; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XIV, § 1422(c), , 122 Stat. 420; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, § 567(c)(2), , 125 Stat. 1426; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XIV, § 1423, , 138 Stat. 2129.)

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