Chapter 1.5 - Veterans Homes Planning Strategy

California Military and Veterans Code — §§ 1070-1080

Sections (6)

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 509, Sec. 1. (AB 1365) Effective January 1, 2018.

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)“Department” means the Department of Veterans Affairs.

(b)“Home” means a veterans home located in Barstow, Chula Vista, Fresno, Lancaster, Redding, Ventura, West Los Angeles, or Yountville.

§ 1072

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 509, Sec. 1. (AB 1365) Effective January 1, 2018.

(a)On or before February 1, 2019, the department shall submit to the Legislature and post in a prominent location on its Internet Web site in an accessible and searchable format a financial report that provides all of the following information regarding each home identified in subdivision (b) of Section 1070:

(1)The amount of state funds budgeted to and the amount of revenue collected from the home.

(2)The remaining amount of

expected revenue from the home over a period of several years, as applicable.

(3)Aggregate costs of care per resident, segregated by level of care, for the home.

(4)Current maintenance costs of the home.

(5)Projected maintenance costs for the home.

(b)The department shall update the report required by subdivision (a) on or before

February 1, 2020, and annually thereafter. The department shall submit to the Legislature and post on its Internet Web site each updated annual report in compliance with this chapter.

§ 1074

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 137, Sec. 1. (SB 1435) Effective January 1, 2023.

(a)The department periodically shall review the use of each home

to determine the best continued, unrestricted use of the home. The department shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding this determination and post it in a prominent location on its internet website in an accessible and searchable format.

(b)In developing the report, the department shall review all of the following:

(1)Every financial report created pursuant to Section 1072 and released during the five previous years or since February 1, 2019, whichever is fewer.

(2)Current needs of the regional veterans population.

(3)Projections regarding the changing composition of the veterans population.

(4)Assessment of resources available to serve the projected veterans population.

(5)Input from veteran residents of the home, community members near the home, and other stakeholders.

(6)Any other factors the department determines are necessary to review to make the determination.

(c)The report for each home shall be due in accordance with the following schedule:

(1)The report for the Barstow home shall be due on or before December 31, 2026.

(2)The report for the Chula Vista home shall be due on or before December 31, 2025.

(3)The report for the Fresno home shall be due on or before December 31, 2028.

(4)The report for the Lancaster, Ventura, and West Los Angeles homes shall be due on or before December 31, 2025.

(5)The report for the Redding home shall be due on or before December 31, 2028.

(6)The report for the Yountville home shall be due on or before December 31, 2022.

(7)The report for any future home shall be due on or before December 31 of the fifteenth calendar year after the home admits its first resident or after the home is deeded to the department, whichever is later.

(d)The department shall update each report required by this section every five years. The department shall submit to the Legislature and post on its internet website each updated report in compliance with this chapter.

§ 1075

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 194, Sec. 1. (SB 1195) Effective January 1, 2023.

When the department reviews the use of each home to determine the best continued, unrestricted use of the home, pursuant to Section 1074, the department shall additionally assess all of the following:

(a)The need by residents of state veteran homes in accessing care at a Veterans Health Administration medical center.

(b)The need by nonresident veterans in the communities where state veteran homes are located in accessing care at a Veterans Health Administration medical center.

(c)The potential for the Veterans Health Administration to place satellite medical clinics on the state veteran home campuses to serve both residents of the veteran

homes and nonresident veterans in the communities where state veteran homes are located. In making this assessment, the department shall meet and confer with officials of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on the possibility of locating satellite clinics on state veteran home campuses.

(d)The potential for the Veterans Health Administration to place satellite medical clinics within a 30-minute drive of a state veteran home campus to serve both residents of the veteran homes and nonresident veterans in the communities where state veteran homes are located. In making this assessment, the department shall meet and confer with officials of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on the possibility of locating satellite clinics within a 30-minute drive of a state veteran home campus.

§ 1078

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 509, Sec. 1. (AB 1365) Effective January 1, 2018.

The department shall submit each report to the Legislature required by this chapter in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

§ 1080

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 509, Sec. 1. (AB 1365) Effective January 1, 2018.

This chapter shall not be deemed to require or authorize the disclosure of personal or medical information otherwise prohibited or restricted from disclosure.