Fairness for Rural Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5941
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction

Department of Veterans Affairs

Health facilities and institutions

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Rural conditions and development

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fairness for Rural Veterans Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill includes construction or acquisition of a nursing home or domiciliary that is from a state with a significant need for beds and is located at least 100 miles away from the nearest existing state home facility as a priority for Department of Veterans Affairs state home facility grants.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5941 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 9, 2021 Mr. O'Halleran introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for priority in the award of State home facility grants to nursing homes and domiciliaries from States that the Secretary determines have a great or significant need for beds and which are located at least 100 miles away from the nearest existing State home facility.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness for Rural Veterans Act of 2021 . 2. Department of Veterans Affairs priority for State home facility grants Section 8135(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (H) as subparagraphs (E) through (I), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph (D): (D) An application for construction or acquisition of a nursing home or domiciliary from a State that the Secretary determines, in accordance with regulations under this subchapter, has a great or significant need for beds and which is located at least 100 miles away from the nearest existing State home facility. .