Veterans Administration Health-Care Programs Improvement and Extension Act of 1982

(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 97-467)

Veterans Administration Health-Care Programs Improvement and Extension Act of 1982 - Reduces the obligation and stipend payable to a part-time student participating in the Veterans Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program. Increases the time for which such a scholarship may be awarded.

Permits the Administrator to extend the period for which additional pay for nurses is authorized to include a tour of duty any part of which occurs on Saturday. Permits the Administrator to use flexible and compressed work schedules for certain health professionals to obtain or retain their services. Terminates such authority at the end of FY 1987. Directs the Administrator to report to Congress within four years on the use of such work schedules.

Authorizes the Administrator to provide that nurses employed at a Veterans Administration facility who work two regularly scheduled 12-hour tours of duty within a weekend shall be considered to have worked a full workweek and be paid as specified.

Expands the definition of "Veterans Administration facilities" to include private facilities the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs contracts with to provide specified medical services for a woman veteran. Extends the authority of the Administrator to contract with private facilities through FY 1983.

Permits the Administrator to furnish physical examinations to determine the eligibility of individuals for or the appropriate course of treatment in connection with services furnished by the Administrator.

Entitles any spouse, surviving spouse, or child who loses eligibility for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) by becoming entitled to hospital insurance benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act but then exhausts such benefits, to regain and retain eligibility for medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans.

Extends the pilot program for the treatment and rehabilitation for alcohol or drug dependency or abuse disabilities through FY 1983.

Includes all veterans cared for in State homes in the payment procedures formulated for the care of war veterans.

Authorizes the Administrator to exchange medical information and techniques with State home facilities furnishing care to veterans.

Directs the Administrator to publish regulations for special personnel authorities concerning the use of flexible and compressed work schedules.