Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/3451

 120 STAT. 3420

PUBLIC LAW 109–461—DEC. 22, 2006

‘‘(c) Any State home that requests payment or reimbursement for services provided to a veteran under this section shall provide to the Secretary such information as the Secretary considers necessary to identify each individual veteran eligible for payment under such section.’’; and (2) in section 1741, by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(f) Any State home that requests payment or reimbursement for services provided to a veteran under this section shall provide to the Secretary such information as the Secretary considers necessary to identify each individual veteran eligible for payment under such section.’’. (c) AUTHORITY TO TREAT CERTAIN HEALTH FACILITIES AS STATE HOMES.— (1) AUTHORITY.—Subchapter III of chapter 81 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘§ 8138. Treatment of certain health facilities as State homes ‘‘(a) The Secretary may treat a health facility (or certain beds in a health facility) as a State home for purposes of subchapter V of chapter 17 of this title if the following requirements are met: ‘‘(1) The facility (or certain beds in such facility) meets the standards for the provision of nursing home care that are applicable to State homes, as prescribed by the Secretary under section 8134(b) of this title, and such other standards relating to the facility (or certain beds in such facility) as the Secretary may require. ‘‘(2) The facility (or certain beds in such facility) is licensed or certified by the appropriate State and local agencies charged with the responsibility of licensing or otherwise regulating or inspecting State home facilities. ‘‘(3) The State demonstrates in an application to the Secretary that, but for the treatment of a facility (or certain beds in such facility), as a State home under this subsection, a substantial number of veterans residing in the geographic area in which the facility is located who require nursing home care will not have access to such care. ‘‘(4) The Secretary determines that the treatment of the facility (or certain beds in such facility) as a State home best meets the needs of veterans for nursing home care in the geographic area in which the facility is located. ‘‘(5) The Secretary approves the application submitted by the State with respect to the facility (or certain beds in such facility). ‘‘(b) The Secretary may not treat a health facility (or certain beds in a health facility) as a State home under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such treatment would increase the number of beds allocated to the State in excess of the limit on the number of beds provided for by regulations prescribed under section 8134(a) of this title. ‘‘(c) The number of beds occupied by veterans in a health facility for which payment may be made under subchapter V of chapter 17 of this title by reason of subsection (a) shall not exceed— ‘‘(1) 100 beds in the aggregate for all States; and ‘‘(2) in the case of any State, the difference between—

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