Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS › Chapter 3 - State Veteran's Nursing Home › Section 17 KAR 3:020 - Charges for room and board, goods, and services at state veterans' nursing homes

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 40.320, 40.325,  38 U.S.C. 1745(a), 42 C.F.R. Parts 413, 483
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 40.320 identifies the
				Commonwealth's duty to provide for the well-being of elderly and disabled
				veterans within state veterans' nursing homes. KRS 40.325(3) authorizes the
				Department of Veterans' Affairs to promulgate any administrative regulations
				necessary to operate the homes in compliance with applicable state and federal
				statutes and regulations. This administrative regulation establishes the
				methodology for establishing charges for room and board, goods, and services at
				state veterans' nursing homes.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Ancillary
			 services" means services for which a separate charge is customarily made.
			 Ancillary services include, for example, physical therapy, occupational
			 therapy, speech therapy, laboratory procedures, x-ray services, oxygen
			 services, optometry services, podiatry services, dentist services, audiology
			 services, and pharmacy goods and services.
(2) "Non-routine goods or services" mean
			 those that are directly identifiable with an individual resident and which are
			 not customarily intended for use by all residents including such things as
			 transportation, special activities, cable television services, pay-per-view
			 channels, private or personal phone service, hospitalization, ambulance
			 services, hearing aids, dentures, cosmetology or beautician services (other
			 than basic haircuts), orthotic devices, and specialty care and
			 equipment.
(3) "Nursing facility"
			 means a state veterans' home (SVH) operated by the Kentucky Department of
			 Veterans Affairs.
(4) "Private pay"
			 means residents who pay for their nursing home care out of personal
			 funds.
(5) "Private room" means a
			 room in a state veterans' home that was not built in accordance with the
			 federal VA's community living center or small house design requirements, VHA
			 Handbook, Section 1142.01, or Small House Model design guide, and does not have
			 a roommate.
(6) "Resident" means a
			 Kentucky veteran admitted to a state veterans' nursing facility.
(7) "Room and board" means the room, dietary
			 services, social services, nursing services, basic laundry services, the use of
			 equipment and facilities, and routine medical and surgical supplies.
(8) "Routine goods or services" mean those
			 which are not identifiable to a particular individual resident, but which are
			 used by all residents.
(9)
			 "Semi-private room" means a room in a state veterans' home that was not built
			 in accordance with the federal VA's community living center or small house
			 design requirements, VHA Handbook, Section 1142.01, or Small House Model design
			 guide, and does have a roommate.
(10) "Suite" means a private suite with a
			 private bathroom including a shower that was built in accordance with the
			 federal VA's community living center or small house design requirements, VHA
			 Handbook, Section 1142.01, or Small House Model design guide.