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HRD-85-80 1 (1985-08-12)

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                  UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                          WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548


vuM- i1oURM                                   AUGUST 12, 1985
   DIVISIOIN

     B-218854



     The Honorable Frank H. Murkowski
     Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs
     United States Senate

     Dear Mr. Chairman:

          Subject: VA Justification for Construction of Nursing Home
                    Care Units at Amarillo, Texas, and Tucson,
                    Arizona (GAO/HRD-85-80)

          At the request of the Committee's former Chairman, we
     reviewed justifications provided by the Veterans Administration
     (VA) for the two nursing home care unit construction projects
     proposed in its fiscal year 1986 budget to determine whether VA
     adequately considered local needs and resources and less costly
     alternatives to new construction. An interim report1 to you
     dealt with the methodology VA used to set priorities for nursing
     home care unit construction in fiscal year 1986.
          In our opinion, the proposed projects for the VA medical
     centers in Amarillo, Texas, and Tucson, Arizona, are justified.

     BACKGROUND

          In its Five-Year Medical Facility Construction Needs
    Assessment for fiscal years 1985-89 (the latest assessment
    available at the time of our review), VA proposed seven
    construction projects for fiscal year 1986. However, VA
    requested authorization and funding for only two of the projects
    in its fiscal year 1986 budget request: a 120-bed unit in
    Amarillo at an estimated cost of $6.5 million and a 120-bed unit
    in Tucson at an estimated cost of $6.8 million.



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     1VA's Methodology for Setting Priorities for Nursing Home Care
     Construction Projects for Fiscal Year 1986 (GAO/HRD-85-70,
     May 17, 1985).

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