House Bill 2019

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 2019

        By the Committee on Community Affairs and Representative
    Gay





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to veterans' affairs; amending

  3         s. 296.06, F.S.; providing an additional

  4         eligibility requirement for residency in the

  5         Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida; amending

  6         s. 296.36, F.S.; providing additional

  7         eligibility requirements for residency in the

  8         Veterans' Nursing Home of Florida; providing an

  9         effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of

14  section 296.06, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         296.06  State policy; eligibility requirements.--

16         (2)  To be eligible for residency in the home, a

17  veteran must:

18         (e)  Have applied for all financial assistance

19  reasonably available through governmental sources.

20         Section 2.  Paragraphs (c) and (d) are added to

21  subsection (1) of section 296.36, Florida Statutes, to read:

22         296.36  Eligibility and priority of admittance.--

23         (1)  To be eligible for admittance to the home, the

24  person must be a veteran as defined in s. 1.01(14) and must:

25         (c)  Not owe money to the department for services

26  rendered during any previous stay at a department facility.

27         (d)  Have applied for all financial assistance

28  reasonably available through governmental sources.

29         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

30  law.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 2019

    171-627-00






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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Amends the "Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida Act" to
  4    provide that a veteran must have applied for all
      financial assistance reasonably available through
  5    governmental sources to be eligible for residency in the
      Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida.
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  7    Amends the "Veterans' Nursing Home of Florida Act" to
      provide that a veteran must not owe money to the
  8    Department of Veterans' Affairs for services rendered
      during any previous stay at a department facility and
  9    must have applied for all financial assistance reasonably
      available through governmental sources as conditions of
10    eligibility for residency in the Veterans' Nursing Home
      of Florida.
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