BILL NUMBER: SB 1440	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Achadjian   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Block
  and Vidak   ) 
   (  Coauthor:   Assembly Member 
 Brown   Coauthors:   Assembly Members
  Brown   and Yamada  )

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1440, as amended, Wolk. 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.  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   a  fiscal year shall not be
greater than as set forth in the following schedule:
   (a) Forty-seven and one-half percent of the member's annual income
for domiciliary care.
   (b) Fifty-five percent of the member's annual income for
residential care for the elderly or assisted living.
   (c) Sixty-five percent of the member's annual income for
intermediate care.
   (d) Seventy percent of the member's annual income for skilled
nursing care.