Nursing Home Care for Native American Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-2716
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction

Health facilities and institutions

Health programs administration and funding

Indian social and development programs

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Nursing Home Care for Native American Veterans Act</b></p> <p>This bill defines "state homes" to include homes established by federally recognized Indian tribes for veterans who, by reason of disability, are incapable of earning a living. </p> <p>The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall pay those tribes for the hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, and medical care they provide to veterans in those homes.</p> <p>Those tribes shall be eligible for VA grants for the construction of state homes.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2716 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 25, 2017 Mr. O'Halleran (for himself 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 authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain grants to assist nursing homes for veterans located on tribal lands.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nursing Home Care for Native American Veterans Act . 2. Grants for State homes located on tribal lands (a) State home defined Section 101(19) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting or federally recognized Indian tribe after (other than a possession) . (b) Payments to State homes Section 1741 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g) In this subchapter, the term State means each of the several States and each federally recognized Indian tribe. . (c) State home construction (1) In general Section 8131(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting includes each federally recognized Indian tribe but before does not . (2) Conforming amendment Section 8132 of such title is amended by striking several .