Us Code § 7308 - Office of Rural Health
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§ 7308. Office of Rural Health
(a)
(b)
(c)
(1) In cooperation with the medical, rehabilitation, health services, and cooperative studies research programs in the Office of Policy and the Office of Research and Development of the Veterans Health Administration, to assist the Under Secretary for Health in conducting, coordinating, promoting, and disseminating research into issues affecting veterans living in rural areas.
(2) To work with all personnel and offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop, refine, and promulgate policies, best practices, lessons learned, and innovative and successful programs to improve care and services for veterans who reside in rural areas of the United States.
(3) To designate in each Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) an individual who shall consult on and coordinate the discharge in such Network of programs and activities of the Office for veterans who reside in rural areas of the United States.
(4) To perform such other functions and duties as the Secretary or the Under Secretary for Health considers appropriate.
(d)
(2) The veterans rural health resource centers have purposes as follows:
(A) To improve the understanding of the Office of the challenges faced by veterans living in rural areas.
(B) To identify disparities in the availability of health care to veterans living in rural areas.
(C) To formulate practices or programs to enhance the delivery of health care to veterans living in rural areas.
(D) To develop special practices and products for the benefit of veterans living in rural areas and for implementation of such practices and products in the Department systemwide.
(Added Pub. L. 109–461, title II, §212(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3421; amended Pub. L. 112–154, title I, §110, Aug. 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 1175.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–154 added subsec. (d).
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