Reimburse Veterans for Domiciliary Care Act

Bill: 118-s-1612
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2023-05-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Low- and moderate-income housing

State and local finance

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Reimburse Veterans for Domiciliary Care Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prescribe a rule related to the waiver of certain requirements for the payment of per diem for domiciliary care in a state home. (A state home is a home established by a state for veterans who are disabled by age, disease, or otherwise and are incapable of earning a living because of such disability. The term also includes a home that furnishes nursing home care for veterans.)</p> <p>Under the bill, the VA must prescribe a rule that authorizes the waiver of certain requirements for a veteran to be eligible for per diem payments for domiciliary care at a state home if the veteran has met at least four of the current requirements or the waiver would be in the best interest of the veteran. </p> <p>In prescribing the rule, the VA must ensure its authority to provide payments to state homes is retroactive to January 5, 2021.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1612 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 16, 2023 Mr. King (for himself and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a rule to implement the requirement that the Secretary be permitted to waive the limitation in law on reimbursement of veterans receiving domiciliary care in State homes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reimburse Veterans for Domiciliary Care Act . 2. Publication of rule for waiver on limitation of payments to State homes for domiciliary care provided to veterans (a) Proposed rule Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register a proposed rule implementing the requirement under section 3007(a) of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ; 38 U.S.C. 1741 note). (b) Final rule Not later than 180 days after the publication of the initial rule required under subsection (a), or the date that is 260 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs first, the Secretary shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register a final rule implementing the requirement specified in such subsection. (c) Retroactive payments In prescribing the proposed rule under subsection (a) and the final rule under subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that the authority of the Secretary to provide payments to State homes (as defined in section 101(19) of title 38, United States Code) pursuant to any such rule is retroactive to January 5, 2021.