I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3103 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide partial payment for nursing home care to eligible 
veterans at a non-Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home of the 
veteran’s choice, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2007 
Mrs. DRAKE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide partial payment 
for nursing home care to eligible veterans at a non- 
Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home of the 
veteran’s choice, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran’s Choice in 
Nursing Home Care Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTRACTS FOR PARTIAL PAYMENT FOR SERVICES 
AT 
CERTAIN 
NON-DEPARTMENT 
OF 
VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS NURSING HOMES. 
Section 1720 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary shall, with respect to a veteran 
eligible for nursing home care under section 1710A of this 
title, and may, with respect to a veteran eligible for nurs-
ing home care under section 1710 of this title, provide 
such care by entering into an agreement with a non-De-
partment nursing home of the veteran’s choice upon the 
application of the veteran. Under such an agreement, the 
Secretary shall agree to pay the non-Department nursing 
home for the provision of such care an amount not to ex-
ceed the lesser of the amount that is equal to the average 
rate paid by the Secretary to non-Department nursing 
homes pursuant to contracts under this section or the 
amount actually charged for such care by the nursing 
home with which the Secretary enters into an agreement 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) An application submitted by a veteran to receive 
nursing home care in a non-Department nursing home of 
the veteran’s choice under this subsection shall include as-
surances by the veteran that the veteran shall assume re-
sponsibility for any amount owed such nursing home for 
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such care that exceeds the amount required to be paid by 
the Secretary under paragraph (1), and that the veteran 
is aware of the amount to be owed to the nursing home 
by the veteran. 
‘‘(3) If a veteran does not submit an application to 
receive nursing home care in a non-Department nursing 
home of the veteran’s choice under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall provide nursing home care to the veteran 
in such manner and to such extent as would otherwise be 
provided under this chapter.’’. 
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