The Florida Senate

296.10  Members; contribution to support.--

(1)  Every member of the home who receives a pension, compensation, or gratuity from the United States Government, or income from any other source of more than $100 per month, shall contribute to his or her maintenance and support while a member of the home in accordance with a schedule of payment determined by the administrator and approved by the director. The total amount of such contributions shall be to the fullest extent possible, but, in no case, shall exceed the actual cost of operating and maintaining the home.

(2)  The provisions of subsection (1) notwithstanding, each member who participates in a vocational rehabilitation or work incentive program shall contribute to his or her support in an amount determined by the administrator and approved by the director, to be computed at 50 percent of the member's net earnings after taxes and after the setoff of the first $100 per month, not to exceed the cost of care. The member is required to authorize the administrator of the home to secure from the employer sufficient information to verify the member's earnings under the program.

(3)  The administrator may, if there is room, admit to residency in the home veterans who have sufficient means for their own support, but are otherwise eligible to become members of the home, on payment of the full cost of their support, which cost and method of collection shall be fixed from time to time by the administrator.

History.--s. 8, ch. 89-168; s. 11, ch. 92-80.