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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3368
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 2023
Mr. GOLDEN of Maine (for himself and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
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 reimburse-
ment of veterans receiving domiciliary care in State
homes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reimburse Veterans
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for Domiciliary Care Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF RULE FOR WAIVER ON LIMITA-
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TION OF PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES FOR
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DOMICILIARY
CARE
PROVIDED
TO
VET-
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ERANS.
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(a) PROPOSED RULE.—Not later than 90 days after
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the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
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Veterans Affairs shall prescribe and publish in the Federal
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Register a proposed rule implementing the requirement
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under section 3007(a) of the Johnny Isakson and David
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P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve-
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ment Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315; 38 U.S.C. 1741
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note).
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(b) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 180 days after the
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publication of the initial rule required under subsection
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(a), or the date that is 260 days after the date of the
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enactment of this Act, whichever occurs first, the Sec-
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retary shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register
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a final rule implementing the requirement specified in
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such subsection.
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(c) RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS.—In prescribing the
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proposed rule under subsection (a) and the final rule
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under subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that the
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authority of the Secretary to provide payments to State
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homes (as defined in section 101(19) of title 38, United
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States Code) pursuant to any such rule is retroactive to
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January 5, 2021.
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