[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR51.10]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 51--PER DIEM FOR NURSING HOME CARE OF VETERANS IN STATE HOMES--Table 
of Contents
 
   Subpart B--Obtaining Per Diem for Nursing Home Care in State Homes
 
Sec. 51.10  Per diem based on recognition and certification.


    VA will pay per diem to a State for providing nursing home care to 
eligible veterans in a facility if the Under Secretary for Health 
recognizes the facility as a State home based on a current certification 
that the facility and facility management meet the standards of subpart 
D of this part. Also, after recognition has been granted, VA will 
continue to pay per diem to a State for providing nursing home care to 
eligible veterans in such a facility for a temporary period based on a 
certification that the facility and facility management provisionally 
meet the standards of subpart D.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 1710, 1741-1743)