PART V. STATE VETERANS HOSPITALS AND CARE FACILITIES

§381. Authority to operate and maintain; definition of war veterans; eligibility of other veterans and nonveterans

            The Department of Veterans Affairs is hereby authorized to operate and maintain healthcare facilities for war veterans with psychiatric and geriatric conditions, veterans and nonveterans as deemed eligible under Title 38 of the United States Code, and certain nonveterans, National Guard, or reservists who were not called to duty under Title 10 of the United States Code. For the purpose of this Part, "war veterans" shall be construed to mean such ex-service persons as were discharged under other than dishonorable conditions and who served in any branch of the armed forces of the United States during the period of any war in which the United States participated, including the Korean Conflict, or who performed such services after January 31, 1955, including the Vietnam era.

            Acts 1965, No. 152, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 1974, No. 687, §1; Acts 1976, No. 300, §1; Acts 2004, No. 392, §1, eff. June 23, 2004; Acts 2009, No. 18, §1; Acts 2025, No. 132, §1.