24 U.S.C. § 413 : US Code - Section 413: Services provided residents

Search 24 U.S.C. § 413 : US Code - Section 413: Services provided residents

(a) Services provided
Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this
section, 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. 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) of this section, 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 physicians and dentists
(1) In providing for the health care needs of residents at a
facility of the Retirement Home under subsection (b) of this
section, 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.