Guarantee Housing for Terminally Ill Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-4674
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2014-05-19
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing for the elderly and disabled

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2014-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Guarantee Housing for Terminally Ill Veterans Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to give priority, in providing specially adapted housing assistance for disabled veterans, to an individual who is otherwise eligible and is diagnosed with a terminal illness.</p> <p>Requires reimbursement of the costs of specially adapted housing if such a veteran has applied for, but not yet received, assistance for acquisition and adaptation expenses.

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4674 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2014 Ms. Brownley of California (for herself and Mr. Jones ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the specially adapted housing assistance program for individuals with terminal illnesses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guarantee Housing for Terminally Ill Veterans Act . 2. Specially adapted housing assistance for individuals with terminal illnesses (a) Individuals with terminal illnesses Chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 2110. Specially adapted housing assistance for individuals with terminal illnesses (a) Priority In providing assistance under this chapter (not including section 2108), the Secretary shall give priority to an individual who is— (1) eligible for such assistance; and (2) diagnosed with a terminal illness. (b) Reimbursement (1) If a veteran diagnosed with a terminal illness is eligible for assistance under subsection (a) or (b) of section 2101 of this title or section 2102A and applies for, and has not yet received, such assistance, the Secretary shall reimburse the veteran for costs relating to specially adapted housing if— (A) such costs are for acquisitions or adaptions that the veteran is eligible for under such assistance; (B) the veteran paid such costs after applying for such assistance; and (C) such reimbursement does not exceed the amount of such assistance for which the veteran is eligible, in accordance with section 2102. (2) A reimbursement by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a grant for assistance under this chapter. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 2109 the following: 2110. Specially adapted housing assistance for individuals with terminal illnesses. .