CHAPTER 1. Veterans’ Home of California [1010. - 1052.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.

§§ 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…