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handle is hein.crs/govdcce0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FF. ' riE ,'F $rt h ,, . , October 1, 2020 State Veterans Homes State Veterans Homes (SVHs) are state-owned and state- operated facilities that provide nursing home care, domiciliary care, and adult day health care to eligible veterans, spouses, and Gold Star parents (parents of a child who died while serving in the armed forces). The SVH Program is a federal-state partnership whereby the Veterans Health Administration in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides federal assistance to SVHs in three ways: 1. VA provides grants to states to construct, acquire, remodel, or modify homes (38 U.S.C. §§8131-8138). 2. VA provides per diem payments to reimburse states for each eligible veteran receiving care in homes that are recognized and certified by the VA (38 U.S.C. §1741 and §1745). 3. VA provides payments to states for the hiring and retention of nurses (38 U.S.C. §1744). VA supports three different types of SVH programs in 156 facilities, which may be co-located in one facility: * Nursing Homes Programs (149 facilities): provide accommodation of convalescents or other persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care, but who require skilled nursing care and related medical services. * Domiciliary Facility Programs (53 facilities): provide a home to a veteran, embracing the furnishing of shelter, food, clothing and other comforts of home, including necessary medical services. * Adult Day Health Care Programs (3 facilities): a therapeutic outpatient care program that includes one or more of the following services, based on patient care needs: medical services, rehabilitation, therapeutic activities, socialization, and nutrition. Services are provided in a congregate (i.e., group) setting (38 C.F.R. Part 51.2). Bri.-f -egA,akve. zoxr,,v SVHs were first established during the Civil War and originally paid for by state funds only, with no connection to the federal government. Congress first provided assistance to states in 1888 (Act of August 27, 1888, 25 Stat. 450). The act provided $100 per year for each eligible veteran residing in a SVH. The method of payment was changed from an annual payment to a per diem payment in 1960 (the Disabled Veterans Housing Payment Act; P.L. 86-625). The construction grant program for SVHs was first established in 1964 when Congress authorized $5 million in appropriations for the program (P.L. 88-450). QrNuN s VA provides grants to participating states as a share of the cost of construction. Specifically, VA provides states up to 65% of the cost to construct, acquire, remodel, or modify state homes. VA has the authority to set standards for facilities that utilize the grant program (38 C.F.R. Part 59). Admission to SVHs is restricted to eligible veterans and certain categories of veteran-related family members. A SVH cannot admit or provide care to other applicants. However, specific admission criteria are determined by the state in which the SVH is located. In general, eligibility requirements for admission to an SVH are as follows: * Veterans in need of skilled nursing care and who have a general/honorable military discharge are given admission priority; and * Spouses, surviving spouses, and Gold Star parents in need of skilled nursing care are also eligible for admission, if allowed by state policy. VA is prohibited by law from exercising any supervision or control over the operation of a SVH, including setting admission criteria. The states also establish and manage operating procedures, personnel practices, and other operational matters. However, VA can require SVHs to provide documentation related to policies, practices, and claimed reimbursements. SVHs that receive VA construction grants are required to maintain an occupancy rate of 75% veterans to be eligible for VA per diem payments (see next section). If the SVH was constructed or renovated solely with state funds, then SVHs may maintain an occupancy rate of 50% veterans in order to be eligible for VA per diem payments. All nonveteran residents must be veteran-related family members. P.L. 111-246, enacted September 30, 2010, enabled SVHs to furnish nursing home care to Gold Star parents of veterans. The mix of residents varies from home to home. Some states exercise their rights under law to accept up to 25% veteran-related family members, while others accept only veterans and some may accept only war veterans. R.kium Me k L'-,,- VA provides a fixed per diem to the state for each veteran provided care in a SVH. VA basic per diem payments to states are paid for only the care of eligible veterans; care is paid irrespective of whether the veteran has wartime or peacetime service. VA pays a basic per diem rate for each day that the veteran is receiving care and has an overnight stay (overnight stay requirements do not apply to adult day health care). In certain circumstances, per diem is also paid when there is no overnight stay (i.e., the veteran is temporarily absent from the facility) if the facility has a 90% or greater occupancy rate. In those circumstances, payments are made only (1) for the first 10 consecutive days during which the veteran is admitted as a patient for any stay in a VA or other hospital, and (2) for the first 12 days in a calendar K~:> mppm qq\ ' p\w gn'a', ggmm I 11LULANJILiM,

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