Senate
File
2
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2
BY
SODDERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
related
to
spouse
admission
eligibility
at
the
Iowa
1
veterans
home.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
35D.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
a.
The
Iowa
veterans
home,
located
in
Marshalltown,
3
shall
be
maintained
as
a
long-term
health
care
facility
4
providing
nursing
and
residential
levels
of
care
for
honorably
5
discharged
veterans
and
their
dependent
spouses,
surviving
6
spouses
of
honorably
discharged
veterans,
and
gold
star
7
parents.
8
b.
The
combined
member
population
of
spouses,
surviving
9
spouses,
and
gold
star
parents
admitted
to
the
Iowa
veterans
10
home
shall
not
exceed
twenty-five
percent
of
the
total
member
11
population.
12
c.
Eligibility
requirements
for
admission
to
the
Iowa
13
veterans
home
shall
coincide
with
the
eligibility
requirements
14
for
care
and
treatment
in
a
United
States
department
of
15
veterans
affairs
facility
pursuant
to
38
U.S.C.
§1710,
and
16
regulations
promulgated
under
that
section,
as
amended.
17
d.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
“gold
star
parent”
18
means
a
parent
of
a
deceased
member
of
the
United
States
armed
19
forces
who
died
while
serving
on
active
duty
during
a
time
of
20
military
conflict
or
who
died
as
a
result
of
such
service.
21
Sec.
2.
Section
35D.5,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
22
follows:
23
35D.5
Surviving
spouses
and
spouses
of
veterans.
24
1.
If
a
deceased
veteran,
who
would
be
entitled
to
admission
25
to
the
home
if
the
deceased
veteran
were
living,
has
left
a
26
surviving
spouse,
the
spouse
is
entitled
to
admission
to
the
27
home
with
the
same
rights,
privileges,
and
benefits
as
if
the
28
veteran
were
living
and
a
member
of
the
home,
if
the
spouse
29
was
married
to
the
veteran
for
at
least
one
year
immediately
30
prior
to
the
veteran’s
death,
is
found
by
the
commandant
to
be
31
disabled,
meets
the
qualifications
for
nursing
or
residential
32
level
of
care,
and
is
a
resident
of
the
state
of
Iowa
on
the
33
date
of
the
application
and
on
the
date
immediately
preceding
34
the
date
the
application
is
accepted.
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2.
If
a
veteran,
as
defined
in
38
U.S.C.
§101,
has
a
spouse
1
who
is
at
least
fifty-five
years
of
age,
the
spouse
is
entitled
2
to
admission
to
the
home
with
the
same
rights,
privileges,
3
and
benefits
as
if
the
veteran
were
a
member
of
the
home,
4
if
the
spouse
has
been
married
to
the
veteran
for
at
least
5
ten
years
immediately
prior
to
the
date
the
application
is
6
accepted,
is
found
by
the
commandant
to
be
disabled,
meets
the
7
qualifications
for
nursing
or
residential
level
of
care,
and
is
8
a
resident
of
the
state
of
Iowa
on
the
date
of
the
application
9
and
on
the
date
immediately
preceding
the
date
the
application
10
is
accepted.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
relates
to
spouse
admission
eligibility
at
the
15
Iowa
veterans
home
(IVH).
Under
current
law,
certain
spouses
16
of
veteran
members
of
the
IVH
are
eligible
for
admission
to
17
the
IVH,
as
are
certain
surviving
spouses
of
veterans
if
the
18
veteran
would
be
eligible
for
admission,
if
not
for
being
19
deceased.
20
The
bill
provides
additional
eligibility
to
spouses
21
of
living
veterans
who
are
not
members
of
the
IVH.
To
be
22
eligible,
such
a
spouse
is
required
to
have
been
married
to
23
the
veteran
for
at
least
10
years
immediately
prior
to
the
24
date
the
application
is
accepted,
be
disabled,
and
meet
the
25
qualifications
for
nursing
or
residential
level
of
care.
Under
26
the
bill,
the
spouse
is
also
required
to
be
a
resident
of
the
27
state
of
Iowa
on
the
date
of
the
application
and
on
the
date
28
immediately
preceding
the
date
the
application
is
accepted.
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