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S. 2852, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 117th
Date Requested Dec. 15, 2021
Requested By Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Date Sent Feb. 18, 2022
Description:
S. 2852 would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay for up to 900 veterans with severe service-connected disabilities to live in medical foster homes. That authority would take effect at the end of fiscal year 2022 and would expire after five years. Used as an alternative to a nursing home, a medical foster home is a private home in which a trained caregiver provides daily assistance to a small group of veterans. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $205 million over the 2022-2026 period; such spending would be subject to the appropriation of the estimated amounts. Under current law, VA inspects and approves medical foster homes and provides case management and home-based health care to those veterans. Veterans pay for their room and board in medical foster homes. Under the bill, VA would pay for those living expenses as well.

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