nursing home care
Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.
Definitions.—In this section, the terms "hospital care", "medical services", "nursing home care", "facilities of the Department", and "non-Department facilities" have the meanings given those terms in section 1701 of this title.
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- 2016–202638 U.S.C. § 7330BVeterans Benefits · Annual report on Veterans Health Administration and furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care · in this section
In this section, the terms “hospital care”, “medical services”, “nursing home care”, “facilities of the Department”, and “non-Department facilities” have the meanings given those terms in section 1701 of this title.
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- 2026–present38 U.S.C. § 7330BVeterans Benefits · Annual report on Veterans Health Administration and furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care · in this section
The term “nursing home care” means the accommodation of convalescents or other persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care, but who require nursing care and related medical services, if such nursing care and medical services are prescribed by, or are performed under the general direction of, persons duly licensed to provide such care. Such term includes services furnished in skilled nursing care facilities, in intermediate care facilities, and in combined facilities. It does not include domiciliary care.
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- 1994–present38 U.S.C. § 101Veterans Benefits · Definitions · for the purposes of this title