---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch17/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch17-schI"
sections_count: 22
---

# Subchapter I — General

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part II — General Benefits › Chapter 17 — Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care

## Sections

- [§1701. Definitions](/usc/38/1701.md)
- [§1702. Presumptions: psychosis after service in World War II and following periods of war; mental illness after service in the Persian Gulf War](/usc/38/1702.md)
- [§1703. Veterans Community Care Program](/usc/38/1703.md)
- [§1703A. Agreements with eligible entities or providers; certification processes](/usc/38/1703A.md)
- [§1703B. Access standards](/usc/38/1703B.md)
- [§1703C. Standards for quality](/usc/38/1703C.md)
- [§1703D. Prompt payment standard](/usc/38/1703D.md)
- [§1703E. Center for Innovation for Care and Payment](/usc/38/1703E.md)
- [§1703F. Credentialing verification requirements for providers of non-Department health care services](/usc/38/1703F.md)
- [§1703G. Quarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care](/usc/38/1703G.md)
- [§1704. Preventive health services: annual report](/usc/38/1704.md)
- [§1704A. Independent assessments of health care delivery systems and management processes](/usc/38/1704A.md)
- [§1705. Management of health care: patient enrollment system](/usc/38/1705.md)
- [§1705A. Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts](/usc/38/1705A.md)
- [§1706. Management of health care: other requirements](/usc/38/1706.md)
- [§1706A. Remediation of medical service lines](/usc/38/1706A.md)
- [§1707. Limitations](/usc/38/1707.md)
- [§1708. Temporary lodging](/usc/38/1708.md)
- [§1709. Comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents and other safety incidents](/usc/38/1709.md)
- [§1709A. Teleconsultation](/usc/38/1709A.md)
- [§1709B. Evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs](/usc/38/1709B.md)
- [§1709C. Assistance for child care for certain veterans receiving health care](/usc/38/1709C.md)