38 U.S.C. § 8151

Statement of congressional purpose

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It is the purpose of this subchapter to strengthen the medical programs at Department facilities and improve the quality of health care provided veterans under this title by authorizing the Secretary to enter into agreements with health-care providers in order to share health-care resources with, and receive health-care resources from, such providers while ensuring no diminution of services to veterans.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2008–2015 · leading case: Gibbons v. Fronton, 533 F. Supp. 2d 449 (S.D.N.Y. 2008).
Gibbons v. Fronton, 533 F. Supp. 2d 449 (S.D.N.Y. 2008). · cites it 2× “” 38 U.S.C. § 8151 . “To secure health-care resources which otherwise might not be feasibly available, or to effectively utilize certain other health-care resources, the Secretary may, when the Secretary determines it to be in the best interest of the prevailing standards of the…”
Valentini v. Shinseki, 860 F. Supp. 2d 1079 (C.D. Cal. 2012). · cites it 2× “” 38 U.S.C. § 8151 (emphases added). Thus, any land-use agreements made pursuant to ESAs are *1092 to benefit veterans by improving health care for veterans.”
Blankenship v. United States, 111 F. Supp. 3d 745 (W.D. Va. 2015). “See 38 U.S.C. § 8151 (stating that outsourcing medical services “strengthen[s] the medical programs at [DVA] facilities and improve[s] the quality of health care provided”).”
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