Bill Text: CA AB488 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Veterans' homes: fees and charges.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB488 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB488-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 488	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cook
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Allen and Chesbro)

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act to amend Section 1012.3 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 488, as introduced, Cook. Veterans' homes: fees and charges.
   Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of the
Veterans Home of California at various sites for aged and disabled
veterans who meet certain eligibility requirements. Existing law
requires members of the homes to pay fees and charges as determined
by the department, but prohibit the total of the member's fees and
charges for specified types of care for any fiscal year to be greater
than a certain percentage of the member's annual income. Existing
law also requires nonveteran spouses who become members of the home
on or after July 1, 2009, to pay fees and charges based on the level
of care, as specified, or an amount equal to the annual amount of
federal per diem received for a veteran member in domiciliary care,
whichever is greater, as provided.
   This bill would instead require nonveteran spouses to pay the same
fees and charges as paid by the veteran members of the home, as
determined by the department and subject to the same prohibitions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1012.3 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   1012.3.   (a)    Members of the
home  , including members who are nonveteran spouses,  shall
pay fees and charges as determined by the department, except that
the total of the individual member's fees and charges for any fiscal
year shall not be greater than as set forth in the following
schedule: 
   (1) 
    (a)  Forty-seven and one-half percent of the member's
annual income for domiciliary care. 
   (2) 
    (b)  Fifty-five percent of the member's annual income
for residential care for the elderly or assisted living. 
   (3) 
    (c)  Sixty-five percent of the member's annual income
for intermediate care. 
   (4) 
    (d)  Seventy percent of the member's annual income for
skilled nursing care. 
   (b) Nonveteran spouses who become members of the home on or after
July 1, 2009, shall pay fees and charges based on the level of care,
as described in subdivision (a), or an amount equal to the annual
amount of federal per diem received for a veteran member in
domiciliary care, whichever is greater. If the nonveteran member's
income is less than the annual amount of federal per diem for a
veteran member in domiciliary care, the nonveteran member shall pay a
maximum of 90 percent of his or her annual income.