00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 464(STA)                                                                                        
01 "An Act authorizing state veterans' home facilities to provide nursing home care                                        
02 with related medical services."                                                                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 44.21.035 is amended to read:                                                                     
05  Sec. 44.21.035.  State veterans' home facilities.  (a)  The Department of                                           
06 Administration shall apply for federal assistance to establish and operate state veterans'                              
07 home facilities that provide domiciliary care  and nursing home care with related                                      
08 medical services .  The department, within available funds, shall establish and operate                                
09 veterans' homes at sites selected by the commissioner of administration after                                           
10 consultation with the adjutant general and veterans' organizations.                                                     
11  (b)  A person who resides in a veterans' [DOMICILIARY] home operated                                                  
12 under this section shall pay the Department of Administration a monthly charge                                          
13 established by the department by regulation in payment of the cost of the care.  The                                    
14 charges shall be designed so that, when combined with federal or other nonstate                                         

01 assistance that may be received on behalf of the residents, all costs of care are paid by                               
02 residents.  The regulations may provide for exemptions or reductions based upon                                         
03 hardship.                                                                                                               
04  (c)  In this section, "[DOMICILIARY] care" means care given in a state home                                           
05 for veterans, as that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(19), [THAT DOES NOT                                              
06 PROVIDE NURSING HOME CARE OR RELATED MEDICAL SERVICES AND]                                                              
07 that meets the standards required under 38 U.S.C. 8134.