[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3184 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3184

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the requirements for 
applications for construction of State home facilities to increase the 
    maximum percentage of nonveterans allowed to be treated at such 
                  facilities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 2018

  Mr. Bennet introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the requirements for 
applications for construction of State home facilities to increase the 
    maximum percentage of nonveterans allowed to be treated at such 
                  facilities, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 
              CONSTRUCTION OF STATE HOME FACILITIES TO INCREASE THE 
              MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF NONVETERANS TREATED.

    Section 8135(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Reasonable assurance'' and inserting 
        ``(A) Reasonable assurance'';
            (2) by inserting ``, except as provided in subparagraph 
        (B),'' after ``and that''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) Reasonable assurance that, for purposes of providing 
        care to spouses of veterans, during a period in which a 
        facility is operating with a bed occupancy rate of 90 percent 
        or less, not more than 40 percent of the bed occupancy at any 
        one time will consist of patients who are not receiving such 
        level of care as veterans.''.
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