Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

Bill: 113-hr-2726
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Home and outpatient care

Public contracts and procurement

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to transfer a veteran for whom the Secretary is required to provide nursing home care to a medical foster home that meets VA standards pursuant to a contract or agreement with the VA, at such veteran's request. Requires such veteran to agree, as a transfer condition, to accept VA home health services.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2726 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2013 Mr. Miller of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of veterans to non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act . 2. Secretary of Veterans Affairs contract authority for transfer of veterans non-Department medical foster homes Section 1720 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) (1) At the request of a veteran for whom the Secretary is required to provide nursing home care under section 1710A of this title, the Secretary may transfer the veteran to a medical foster home that meets Department standards, at the expense of the United States, pursuant to a contract or agreement entered into between the Secretary and the medical foster home for such purpose. A veteran who is transferred to a medical foster home under this subsection shall agree, as a condition of such transfer, to accept home health services furnished by the Secretary under section 1717 of this title. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term medical foster home means a home designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting. .