[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1612 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1612

   To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a rule to 
implement the requirement that the Secretary be permitted to waive the 
 limitation in law on reimbursement of veterans receiving domiciliary 
                          care in State homes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2023

 Mr. King (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a rule to 
implement the requirement that the Secretary be permitted to waive the 
 limitation in law on reimbursement of veterans receiving domiciliary 
                          care in State homes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reimburse Veterans for Domiciliary 
Care Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF RULE FOR WAIVER ON LIMITATION OF PAYMENTS TO 
              STATE HOMES FOR DOMICILIARY CARE PROVIDED TO VETERANS.

    (a) Proposed Rule.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
prescribe and publish in the Federal Register a proposed rule 
implementing the requirement under section 3007(a) of the Johnny 
Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits 
Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-315; 38 U.S.C. 1741 note).
    (b) Final Rule.--Not later than 180 days after the publication of 
the initial rule required under subsection (a), or the date that is 260 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs 
first, the Secretary shall prescribe and publish in the Federal 
Register a final rule implementing the requirement specified in such 
subsection.
    (c) Retroactive Payments.--In prescribing the proposed rule under 
subsection (a) and the final rule under subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall ensure that the authority of the Secretary to provide payments to 
State homes (as defined in section 101(19) of title 38, United States 
Code) pursuant to any such rule is retroactive to January 5, 2021.
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