[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1405 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1405

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the formula for 
   payments to States for care furnished to veterans in State homes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 1993

Mr. Hochbrueckner introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the formula for 
   payments to States for care furnished to veterans in State homes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CARE FURNISHED IN STATE HOMES.

    (a) Revision in Rates.--Subsections (a) and (b) of section 1741 of 
title 38, United States Code, are amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) The Secretary shall pay to a State amounts to offset costs 
incurred by that State for domiciliary care, nursing home care, and 
hospital care furnished to veterans who are eligible for such care in a 
Department facility and who receive such care in a State home of that 
State.
    ``(b)(1) The amount of payments under subsection (a) for any period 
with respect to care provided at any State home shall be the product 
of--
            ``(A) the number of days of veteran-patient care during 
        such period; and
            ``(B) the greater of--
                    ``(i) 30 percent of the per diem cost of care in 
                that home; or
                    ``(ii) the current per diem rate authorized by the 
                Secretary for domiciliary care, nursing home care, or 
                hospital care, respectively.
    ``(2) In no event shall the payments made with respect to any 
veteran under this section exceed one-half of the cost of the veterans' 
care in such State home.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `per diem cost of care' means--
            ``(A) the total cost of operation of a State home over a 
        specified period, divided by
                    ``(B) the number of days of patient care during 
                that period.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to payments for care furnished in State homes after 
the last day of the fiscal-year quarter in which this Act is enacted.

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