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PUBLIC LAW 88-450-AUG. 19, 1964

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receiving nursing home care in a State home in such State, if such veteran meets the requirements of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 610(a) of this title, except that the requirement in clause (B) 76^stat^*38\^^^' of such paragraph (1) shall, for this purpose, refer to the inability 38 USC eio. to defray the expenses of necessary nursing home care; however, such payment shall not be more, in any case, than one-half of the cost of the veteran's maintenance in such State home/' (b) No payment shall be made to any State home solely by reason Restriction. of the amendment made by this section on account of nursing home care furnished any veteran except where such care is furnished the veteran by the State home for the first time after the effective date of this section. (c) The amendment made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 1965; except that subsection (b) of section 641 of title 38, United States Code, as in effect immediately before such date, shall jJ^i^l^^gA^'^^'' remain in effect with respect to any amounts retained or collected by any State home before such date. SEC. 4. (a) Chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, is amended H l'^^ ^^^^^ by adding at the end thereof the following new subchapter: 5014. "Subchapter III—State Home Facilities for Furnishing Nursing Home Care "§5031. Definitions "For the purpose of this subchapter— " (a) The war veteran population of each State shall be determined on the basis of the latest figures certified by the Department of Commerce. " (b) The term 'State' does not include any possession of the United States. "(c) The term 'construction' means the construction of new buildings, the expansion, remodeling, modification, or alteration of existing buildings, and the providing of initial equipment for any such buildings. " (d) The term 'cost of construction' means the amount found by the Administrator to be necessary for a project of construction of nursing home care facilities, including architect fees, but not including the cost of acquisition of land. "§ 5032. Declaration of purpose "The purpose of this subchapter is to assist the several States to construct State home facilities for furnishing nursing home care to war veterans. "§ 5033. Authorization of appropriations " (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and a like sum for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used for making grants to States which have submitted, and have had approved by the Administrator, applications for carrying out the purposes of section 5032 of this title. " (b) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall remain available until the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year for which they are appropriated. "(c) Not more than 10 per centum of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for any fiscal year shall be used to assist in the construction of nursing home care facilities in any one State.

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