113 HR 2726 IH: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-07-18
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice
Act
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2.Secretary of
Veterans Affairs contract authority for transfer of veterans non-Department
medical foster homesSection
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.
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