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38 U.S.C. § 1717

Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices

United States · Title 38 — VETERANS’ BENEFITS · Status: effective

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38 U.S.C. § 1717, Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/472804
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Improvements and structural alterations may be furnished as part of such home health services only as necessary to assure the continuation of treatment for the veteran’s disability or to provide access to the home or to essential lavatory and sanitary facilities. The cost of such improvements and structural alterations (or the amount of reimbursement therefor) under this subsection may not exceed— in the case of medical services furnished under section 1710(a)(1) of this title, or for a disability described in section 1710(a)(2)(C) of this title— in the case of medical services furnished under any other provision of section 1710(a) of this title—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 97-295(H.R. 4623)1982-10-12
    A bill to amend titles 10, 14, 37, and 38, United States Code, to codify recent law and to improve the Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-528(H.R. 5618)1984-10-19
    Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-576(H.R. 5299)1986-10-28
    Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-322(H.R. 2616)1988-05-20
    Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-83(H.R. 2525)1991-08-06
    Department of Veterans Affairs Codification Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-405(S. 2344)1992-10-09
    Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-262(H.R. 3118)1996-10-09
    Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-114(S. 714)1997-11-21
    Veterans' Benefits Act of 1997
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 110-289(H.R. 3221)2008-07-30
    Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008
    House: 272–152Senate: 84–12
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-163(S. 1963)2010-05-05
    Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010
    House: 419–0Senate: 98–0
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-275(H.R. 3219)2010-10-13
    Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 116-283(H.R. 6395)2021-01-01
    William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
    House: 322–87Senate: 84–13