3.0.0 3583 2023-01-11T13:21:44Z 2023-01-11T13:21:44Z Senate S S 2010-07-14 111 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-07-14T19:50:23Z 2010-07-14 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2010-07-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2010-07-14 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2010-07-14 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2010-07-14 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2010-07-21 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2010-07-28 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2010-07-29 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2010-08-04 False Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysis Health care costs and insurance Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2010-07-14 Introduced in Senate 2010-10-07T18:41:18Z Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay to a state veterans home the cost of nursing home care provided to a covered veteran that is in excess of the amount paid for such care under part A of title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.

Defines a covered veteran as one: (1) in need of nursing home care for a service-connected disability; or (2) with a service-connected disability rated at 70% or more and in need of such care.

Replaces provisions providing for payment of nursing home care at the lesser of the prevailing rate or the cost of daily care with provisions providing for payment at the applicable or prevailing rate in the area in which the state home is located.

Directs the Secretary to reimburse a state home for any Medicare copayment required of a covered veteran.

Permits a state home, in lieu of receiving payment under the above provisions, to elect to receive payment to furnish nursing home care to a veteran through a specified agreement entered into by the Secretary and the state home.

]]> A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase flexibility in payments for State veterans homes, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase flexibility in payments for State veterans homes, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase flexibility in payments for State veterans homes, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2010-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3583is/xml/BILLS-111s3583is.xml 2010-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.