PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1725 diers' and Airmen's Home as of the effective date specified in section 1541(a)— (1) shall not be required to apply for acceptance as residents of the Retirement Home; and (2) shall become residents of the Retirement Home on that date. SEC. 1513. SERVICES PROVIDED RESIDENTS 24 USC 413. (a) SERVICES PROVIDED.— Except as provided in subsection (b), a resident of the Retirement Home shall receive the services authorized by the Retirement Home Board. (b) MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE.— The Retirement Home shall provide for the overall health care needs of residents in a high quality and cost-effective manner, including on site primary care, medical care, and a continuum of long-term care services. Secondary and tertiary hospital care for residents that is not available at the Retirement Home shall be obtained through agreements with facilities administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense or at private facilities. The Retirement Home may not construct an acute care facility. SEC. 1514. FEES PAID BY RESIDENTS 24 USC 414. (a) MONTHLY FEES.—The Directors shall collect from each resident of the Retirement Home a monthly fee. (b) DEPOSIT OF FEES.—The Directors shall deposit fees collected under subsection (a) in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund. (c) FIXING FEES. —(1) The Retirement Home Board shall from time to time fix the fee required by subsection (a) on the basis of the financial needs of the Retirement Home and the ability of the residents to pay. (2) The fee shall be fixed as a percentage of Federal payments made to a resident, including monthly retired or retainer pay, monthly civil service annuity, monthly compensation or pension paid to the resident by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Social Security payments. Residents who do not receive such Federal payments shall be required to pay a monthly fee that is equivalent to the average monthly fee paid by residents who receive Federal payments, subject to such adjustments in the fee as the Retirement Home Board may make. The percentage shall be the same for each establishment of the Retirement Home. (d) APPLICATION OF FEES TO CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THE NAVAL HOME AND THE SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S HOME.— (1) Each resident of the Naval Home who becomes a resident of the Retirement Home on the effective date specified in section 1541(a) shall begin paying a monthly fee that is equal to 12.5 percent of the Federal payments made to the resident. Each year thereafter, the fee for such resident under this subsection shall be increased 2.5 percent until the percentage fixed under subsection (c) has been reached. Such percentage increase may be adjusted so that the conversion to the fee fixed under subsection (c) is accomplished under this subsection within six years after such effective date. (2) A resident of the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home who becomes a resident of the Retirement Home on such date and who received Federal payments referred to in subsection (c) that were not considered for purposes of determining the resident's monthly fee for the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home
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