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Adds new section 1720M requiring the Secretary to employ a resident advocate in each domiciliary facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs and specifying duties including serving as a liaison, receiving and transmitting complaints to facility directors and responding, and submitting complaints to the Secretary or the Inspector General when appropriate.
Redesignates subsection (g) as subsection (h) and inserts a new subsection (g) requiring States seeking payment for domiciliary care provided in a State home to employ a resident advocate in that State home, and specifying duties including serving as a liaison, receiving and transmitting complaints to the State home director and responding, and submitting complaints to the Secretary, the Inspector General, or an appropriate State official when appropriate.
This legislation would require every VA residential facility for veterans, and every state veterans home that houses veterans, to have a resident advocate on staff. The advocate would act as a go-between for residents, take and respond to complaints, send those complaints to the facility director, and, when needed, escalate issues to the VA Secretary, the VA Inspector General, or appropriate state officials. State homes would need an advocate in place to keep receiving VA payments for domiciliary care. A “state home” here means a home run by a state or tribe for veterans who are disabled by age, disease, or other causes and can’t earn a living, and it also includes veterans’ nursing homes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced February 18, 2025 by Josh S. Gottheimer · Last progress February 18, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House