Title: State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement or a contract with each state home to pay for medical supervision model adult day health care for a veteran for whom the home is not receiving VA nursing home care payments.
The veteran must need such care either specifically for a service-connected disability, or, if not specifically for one, the veteran must have a service-connected disability rated 70% or more.
Payment under each agreement or contract between the VA and a state home must equal 65% of the payment that the VA would otherwise pay to the state home if the veteran were receiving nursing home care.
"Medical supervision model adult day health care" means adult day health care that includes the coordination of physician services, dental services, the administration of drugs, and such other requirements as the VA may determine.


[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 324 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 324

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of 
              adult day health care services for veterans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 7 (legislative day, February 6), 2017

  Mr. Hatch (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of 
              adult day health care services for veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Veterans Home Adult Day Health 
Care Improvement Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF CERTAIN ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR 
              VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1745 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) The Secretary shall enter into a contract or agreement 
with each State home for payment by the Secretary for medical 
supervision model adult day health care provided to a veteran described 
in subsection (a)(1) on whose behalf the State home is not in receipt 
of payment for nursing home care from the Secretary.
    ``(2) Payment under each contract or agreement between the 
Secretary and a State home under paragraph (1) for each veteran who 
receives medical supervision model adult day health care under such 
contract or agreement shall be made at a rate that is equal to 65 
percent of the payment that the Secretary would make under subsection 
(a)(2) to the State home for nursing home care provided to the veteran.
    ``(3) Payment by the Secretary under paragraph (1) to a State home 
for medical supervision model adult day health care provided to a 
veteran described in that paragraph constitutes payment in full to the 
State home for such care furnished to that veteran.
    ``(4) In this subsection, the term `medical supervision model adult 
day health care' means adult day health care that includes the 
coordination of physician services, dental services, the administration 
of drugs, and such other requirements as determined appropriate by the 
Secretary.''; and
            (2) in the section heading, by inserting ``, adult day 
        health care,'' after ``home care''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 17 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 1745 and inserting the following new item:

``1745. Nursing home care, adult day health care, and medications for 
                            veterans with service-connected 
                            disabilities.''.
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