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FL H5205

FL H5205
Department of Veterans' Affairs


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Introduced
03/28/2017
In Committee
04/13/2017
Crossed Over
04/13/2017
Passed
05/08/2017
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
06/26/2017

Introduced Session

2017 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Terminates State Homes for Veterans Trust Fund within DVA; provides for disposition of balances, revenues, & outstanding appropriations; prescribes termination procedures; revises provisions for use & administration of funds in DVA's Operations & Maintenance Trust Fund; revises purposes for expenditure of trust fund moneys; revises income requirements for certain contributions by veterans' nursing home residents.

AI Summary

This bill terminates the State Homes for Veterans Trust Fund within the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) and transfers its current balances, revenues, and outstanding appropriations to the DVA's Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund. It revises provisions for the use and administration of funds in the Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund, allowing them to be used to support program operations that benefit veterans or the operation, maintenance, or construction of veterans' homes, rather than solely for operating and maintaining the homes as previously required. The bill also revises the income requirements for certain contributions by veterans' nursing home residents.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (1)

Other Sponsors (1)

Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee (House)

Last Action

Chapter No. 2017-157, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70) (on 06/26/2017)

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