DIVISION 5. VETERANS' INSTITUTIONS [1010. - 1121.]
Division 5 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.
§§ 1010–1121 · 72 sections
CHAPTER 1. Veterans’ Home of California §§ 1010–1052 · 45 sections
- § 1010 As used in this chapter: (a) “Home” means any facility operated by the department for the provision of long-term care, assisted living, adult day health,…
- § 1011 (a) There is in the department a Veterans’ Home of California system, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1010. (b) There shall be an administrator for…
- § 1012 (a) Except as provided in Sections 1012.4, 1023, and 1023.1, the homes are for aged or disabled persons who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of…
- § 1012.1 (a) Prior to the admission of an applicant, and at any time during which a person is a member of a home, the department may investigate an applicant’s or…
- § 1012.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any member of the home who is receiving an aid and attendance allowance from the United States Department of Veterans…
- § 1012.3 (a) Members of a home, including members who are nonveteran spouses or domestic partners, shall pay fees as determined by the department to cover room and…
- § 1012.4 Notwithstanding Section 1012, the department may arrange by contract or any other form of agreement with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to do…
- § 1013 All property conveyed to and accepted by the State under the provisions of Chapter 101, Statutes of 1897, and any other property conveyed to and accepted for…
- § 1023 (a) The department may sue and be sued in any of the courts of this state. All property held by the department for a home shall be held in trust for the state…
- § 1023.1 (a) A lease of real property held by the department for a home shall not exceed five years, unless one of the following apply: (1) The lessee is a town, city,…
- § 1023.2 (a) The general purpose of any use, other than an easement, of real property held by the department for a home by a person or entity, other than the home or a…
- § 1025 For those services and programs administered by the department and within the purview of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, appropriate…
- § 1030.1 The department may enter into contracts with the United States or any agency thereof, any governmental agency, any person, or any corporation for the…
- § 1030.2 The department may enter into contracts with the United States or any agency thereof and any other governmental agency for the purpose of providing courses of…
- § 1032 (a) (1) The department may fix a schedule of stipends for members who volunteer to support veterans home operations. (2) A stipend is subject to the…
- § 1033.1 (a) The department may pay the premiums on behalf of its members who are required to participate in eligible coverage, including medical assistance provisions…
- § 1034 Except money received from this state for disbursement, all moneys received by a home, or by an officer of a home, including pension and other moneys belonging…
- § 1035 (a) (1) All moneys and other personal property of any member held by a home, or by its authority, or left by the member upon the premises of a home, shall,…
- § 1035.05 (a) (1) All moneys and other personal property of any member other than that described in Section 1035 shall, upon the death of the member, first be paid to…
- § 1035.1 (a) (1) A will executed by a member who was a member of a home at the time of death, whether executed prior or subsequent to January 1, 1984, which purports to…
- § 1035.2 Any personal property held by a home pursuant to Section 1035 that the administrator determines to be of no substantial monetary value may be immediately…
- § 1035.3 (a) (1) If no will or heir is discovered within two years after the death of the member, any moneys not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) held by a…
- § 1035.4 (a) All personal property held or received by a home pursuant to Section 1035, other than moneys or property described in Section 1035.2, which is unclaimed…
- § 1035.5 (a) The administrator shall provide to the heirs or devisees of every deceased member who became a member of a home on or after January 1, 1984, a statement or…
- § 1035.6 (a) The administrator shall provide each member of a home with a quarterly statement or accounting of all charges for the costs of care rendered to the member…
- § 1035.7 (a) Upon admission to a home, the administrator of each home shall provide written notice to the member informing them of costs of care that may be incurred in…
- § 1036 The members may voluntarily deposit money with a home, which the home shall receive and keep without charge as a trust fund.
- § 1037 The money belonging to a member and voluntarily deposited with a home may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the will of the member.
- § 1038 All money deposited with a home for a member shall be paid to the member, on demand, upon their discharge or voluntary departure from the home. If the money is…
- § 1038.1 All personal property other than money left at a home by a member at the time of their discharge or voluntary departure therefrom, unclaimed within a period of…
- § 1038.5 Any money deposited with a home by a member shall be credited with interest in compliance with applicable federal law and regulation, and shall be paid to the…
- § 1039.3 The administrator, subject to the approval of the secretary, may accept cash donations or other gifts to be used for the welfare of the members. Cash shall be…
- § 1042 All accrued interest on money turned over to the administrator and retained by them under this chapter shall be accounted for by the home and deposited to the…
- § 1042.1 If any check is drawn upon any trust fund of a home, except checks drawn by members of the home on their own accounts, and remains unclaimed, or is not cashed,…
- § 1043 With the exception of officers and employees and their families, no person shall be admitted to reside in a home who is not a member eligible under Section…
- § 1044 The secretary may adopt rules and regulations governing the admission of applicants and may prescribe the conditions upon which they may enter and remain with…
- § 1044.5 (a) A member of a home has the right to complain and otherwise exercise the freedom of expression and assembly guaranteed by the Sections 2 and 3 of Article I…
- § 1045 This chapter does not prevent the state from transferring the property and management of a home to the United States for a home of similar character.
- § 1046 (a) If it appears necessary or proper that a guardian or conservator of the estate of a member be appointed, the court, in its discretion, upon application of…
- § 1047 (a) (1) The Veterans’ Home Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Special Fund (MWR Fund) is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of…
- § 1048 (a) A Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Operating Fund (MWRO Fund) shall be maintained by the administrator of each home to administer quality of life activities…
- § 1049 (a) Moneys in the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Fund maintained under subdivision (a) of Section 1047 may be used, subject to approval by the secretary, to…
- § 1050 Veterans’ Home Allied Councils, which are established pursuant to the constitution of the Allied Council, Veterans’ Home of California, for each home, and…
- § 1051 (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the department shall create a transparent admissions and waiting list process for admission to the homes. (b) On or before…
- § 1052 (a) The master plan for the overall operation of the veterans’ homes system mandated by Provision 4 of Item 8955-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of…
CHAPTER 1.5. Veterans Homes Planning Strategy §§ 1070–1080 · 6 sections
- § 1070 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) “Home” means a veterans…
- § 1072 (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…
- § 1074 (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…
- § 1075 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…
- § 1078 The department shall submit each report to the Legislature required by this chapter in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
- § 1080 This chapter shall not be deemed to require or authorize the disclosure of personal or medical information otherwise prohibited or restricted from disclosure.
CHAPTER 2. Veterans’ Homes Bond Act of 2000 §§ 1100–1117 · 19 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 1100–1102 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Veterans’ Homes §§ 1103–1104.2 · 4 sections
- § 1103 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Veterans’ Home Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury.
- § 1104 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, money in the fund shall be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of designing and constructing…
- § 1104.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the Veterans’ Home Fund established by Section 1103 are, subject to the limit set forth…
- § 1104.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, an amount, not to exceed the sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), is hereby continuously…
ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 1105–1117 · 13 sections
- § 1105 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Veterans’ Home Fund, created by…
- § 1106 Bonds in the total amount of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 1130, or as…
- § 1107 The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
- § 1108 (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter,…
- § 1109 The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions…
- § 1110 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
- § 1111 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
- § 1112 The Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been…
- § 1113 The Department of Veterans Affairs may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with…
- § 1114 All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for…
- § 1115 The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code,…
- § 1116 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a…
- § 1117 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
CHAPTER 3. County Institutions §§ 1120–1121 · 2 sections
- § 1120 Any county may provide and maintain a home for veteran soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardians, and marines who have served the United States honorably in any of…
- § 1121 For the purposes of this chapter the board of supervisors of any county may: (a) Purchase, receive by donation, condemn, lease, or otherwise acquire real and…