A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of former prisoners of war for certain health-care benefits provided by the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes.
Omnibus Prisoner of War Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to establish an advisory committee to assess medical and other information concerning former prisoners of war. Directs the Administrator to include on such committee former prisoners of war from World Wars I and II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era and authorities from specified medical fields.
Includes chronic respiratory ailment, frozen feet, and gastro-intestinal disorder manifest to a degree of ten percent or more among the diseases presumed to have been incurred or aggravated by incarceration. Eliminates the two year manifestation limitation on psychoses for service-connected disability purposes.
Entitles former prisoners of war to hospital or nursing home care and other medical care as needed.
Introduced in Senate
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Veterans.
Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA; OMB.
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