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HR 3756 101th Congress House

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the advantages of providing veterans in nursing homes with…

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the advantages of pro… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the advantages of providing veterans in nursing homes with treatment and services to maintain or reactivate living function in veterans.

Introduced: November 20, 1989 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Cost effectivenessNursing homesSocial WelfareVeterans' medical care
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Dec 11, 1989
Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 20, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 20, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 11, 1989

Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness and advantages of furnishing care to elderly veterans in nursing homes in order to treat and reactivate or maintain day-to-day living functions in those veterans. Authorizes the Secretary to set a daily rate of reimbursement for such care.

Authorizes appropriations for five fiscal years for increased costs of reimbursement of non-Department of Veterans Affairs nursing homes under such program.

Requires the Secretary to submit interim and final reports to the Congress concerning the effectiveness of the pilot program.

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 20, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3756: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the advantages of providing veterans in nursing homes with treatment and services to maintain or reactivate living function in veterans.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3756/
MLA
"H.R. 3756: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the advantages of providing veterans in nursing homes with treatment and services to maintain or reactivate living function in veterans.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3756/.
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H.R. 3756, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3756/.
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[H.R. 3756: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the advantages of providing veterans in nursing homes with treatment and services to maintain or reactivate living function in veterans.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3756/)
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