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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' | |
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Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Burke, Britto, Bissaillon, and F. Lombardi | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 30-24-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 30-24 entitled "Rhode |
2 | Island Veterans’ Home" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 30-24-10. Admissible to home — Fees. |
4 | (a) Any person who has served in the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, or air force |
5 | of the United States for a period of ninety (90) days or more and that period began or ended during |
6 | any foreign war in which the United States shall have been engaged or in any expedition or |
7 | campaign for which the United States government issues a campaign medal, and who was |
8 | honorably discharged from it, and who shall be deemed to be in need of care provided at the Rhode |
9 | Island veterans’ home, may be admitted to that facility subject to such rules and regulations as shall |
10 | be adopted by the director of human services to govern the admission of applicants to the facility. |
11 | Any person who has served in the armed forces of the United States designated herein and otherwise |
12 | qualified, who has served less than the ninety-day (90) period described in this section, and who |
13 | was honorably discharged from service, and who, as a result of the service, acquired a service- |
14 | connected disability or disease, may be admitted. No person shall be admitted to the facility unless |
15 | the person has been accredited to the enlistment or induction quota of the state or has resided in the |
16 | state for at least two (2) consecutive years next prior to the date of the application for admission to |
17 | the facility. |
18 | (b)(1) The director shall, at the end of each fiscal year, determine the net, per-diem |
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1 | expenses of maintenance of residents in the facility and shall assess against each resident who has |
2 | “net income”, as defined in this section, a fee equal to eighty percent (80%) fifty percent (50%) of |
3 | the resident’s net income, provided that fee shall not exceed the actual cost of care and maintenance |
4 | for the resident; and provided that an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the maintenance fee |
5 | assessed shall be allocated to, and deposited in, the veterans’ restricted account. For the purposes |
6 | of this section, “net income” is defined as gross income minus applicable federal and state taxes |
7 | and minus: |
8 | (i) An amount equal to one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month of residency and fifty |
9 | percent (50%) of any sum received due to wounds incurred under battle conditions for which the |
10 | resident received the purple heart; and |
11 | (ii) The amount paid by a resident for the support and maintenance of his or her spouse, |
12 | parent(s), minor child(ren), or child(ren) who is/are blind or permanently and totally disabled as |
13 | defined in title XVI of the Federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381 — 1383d, subject to a |
14 | maximum amount to be determined by rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the director. |
15 | (2) The fees shall be paid monthly to the home and any failure to make payment when due |
16 | shall be cause for dismissal from the facility. Prior to dismissal, the resident shall be afforded |
17 | administrative due process. |
18 | (c) Admissions to the veterans’ home shall be made without discrimination as to race, |
19 | color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity |
20 | or expression, assets, or income. |
21 | (d) Laundry services shall be provided to the residents of the Rhode Island veterans’ home |
22 | at no charge to the residents, with such funds to cover the cost of providing laundry services for |
23 | residents of the Rhode Island veterans’ home derived from monies appropriated to the department |
24 | of human services. |
25 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' | |
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1 | This act would reduce the assessment by the Rhode Island Veterans Home against a |
2 | resident's net income from eighty percent (80%) to fifty percent (50%). |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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