{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-17.260","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 17.260","heading":"Patient care costs to be excluded from direct costs.","body":"Grant funds for planning or implementing agreements for the exchange of medical information shall not be available for the payment of any hospital, medical, or other costs involving the care of patients except to the extent that such costs are determined to be incident to research, training, or demonstration activities carried out in connection with an exchange of information program.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 17—MEDICAL"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"d83c35b509c4be1f1296c83f363ef3f24b0b0c36169d346bf20c8d1f2d843daa","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-17.259","next":"us/38-cfr-17.261"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}