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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 1370
By Senator Saunders
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Veterans' Nursing Home
3 of Florida Act; amending s. 296.36, F.S.;
4 authorizing the director of the Department of
5 Veterans' Affairs to waive the residency
6 requirement for admittance to a veterans'
7 nursing home under certain circumstances;
8 providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Section 296.36, Florida Statutes, is
13 amended to read:
14 296.36 Eligibility and priority of admittance.--
15 (1) To be eligible for admittance to the home, the
16 person must be a veteran as defined in s. 1.01(14) and must:
17 (a) Be in need of nursing home care.
18 (b) Have been a resident of the state for 1 year
19 immediately preceding, and at the time of application for,
20 admission to the home.
21 (c) Not owe money to the department for services
22 rendered during any previous stay at a department facility.
23 (d) Have applied for all financial assistance
24 reasonably available through governmental sources.
25 (2) The director may waive the residency requirement
26 for a veteran who is otherwise eligible for admittance to a
27 home. The waiver must be limited to a veteran who is a
28 disaster evacuee of a state that is under a declared state of
29 emergency.
30 (3)(2) Admittance priority must be given to an
31 eligible veteran afforded in the following order of priority
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1 to an eligible veteran who is in need of nursing home care and
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3 (a) An eligible veteran who is a resident of the State
4 of Florida.
5 (b)(a) An eligible veteran who has a service-connected
6 disability as determined by the United States Department of
7 Veterans Affairs, or was discharged or released from military
8 service for disability incurred or aggravated in the line of
9 duty and the disability is the condition for which nursing
10 home care is needed.
11 (c)(b) An eligible veteran who has a
12 non-service-connected disability and is unable to defray the
13 expense of nursing home care and so states under oath before a
14 notary public or other officer authorized to administer an
15 oath.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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19 SENATE SUMMARY
20 Authorizes the director of the Department of Veterans'
Affairs to waive the residency requirement for admittance
21 to a veterans' nursing home under certain circumstances.
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