Veterans' Administration Health-Care Programs Improvement and Extension Act of 1982
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide that: (1) nurses employed at a Veterans Administration facility who work two regularly scheduled 12-hour tours of duty within a weekend shall be considered to have worked a full workweek and be paid as specified; or (2) such nurses who work on a tour of duty any part of which falls on a weekend may be paid additional pay (not to exceed 25 percent of the hourly rate).
Extends from September 30, 1982, to September 30, 1983, the authority of the Administrator to contract for hospital care or medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands without reference to patient loads or incidence of provision of medical services for veterans treated by the Veterans' Administration in the contiguous 48 States.
Became Public Law No: 97-251.