Sec. 904. Conditions on award of per diem payments by Secretary of Veterans Affairs for provision of housing or services to homeless veterans
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Section 2012(c)(1) is amended by striking unless the facilities and all that follows through may specify. and inserting the following: “unless the Secretary certifies the following: That the building where the grant recipient or eligible entity provides housing or services for which the grant recipient or eligible entity would receive such payment is in compliance with the codes relevant to the operations and level of care provided, including applicable provisions of the most recently published version of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association or such other comparable fire and safety requirements as the Secretary may specify.
That such building and such housing or services are in compliance with licensing requirements, fire and safety requirements, and any other requirements in the jurisdiction in which the building is located regarding the condition of the building and the provision of such housing or services. . The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to an application for a per diem payment under section 2012 of title 38, United States Code, submitted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 2012 is amended by striking subsection
(b)and inserting the following new subsection (b): Not less frequently than once each fiscal year, the Secretary shall inspect each facility of each grant recipient or entity eligible for payments under subsection
(a)at which the recipients and entities provide services under section 2011 of this title or this section. Except as provided in paragraph (1), inspections made under such paragraph shall be made at such times as the Secretary considers necessary. An inspection of a facility of a recipient or entity described in paragraph
(1)made under such paragraph may be made with or without prior notice to the recipient or entity, as the Secretary considers appropriate. No per diem payment may be provided to a grant recipient or eligible entity under this section unless the facilities of the grant recipient or eligible entity meet such standards as the Secretary shall prescribe. . Subsection
(c)of such section is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(2)and
(3)as paragraphs
(4)and (5), respectively; in paragraph (1), as amended by subsection (a)(1), by striking in paragraph
(2)and inserting in paragraph
(4); and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following new paragraph (2): The Secretary may revoke any certification made under paragraph
(1)if the Secretary determines that such certification is no longer accurate. . Such subsection is further amended by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following new paragraph (3): Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary terminates provision of per diem payment under this section to a grant recipient or an eligible entity, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives notice of such termination if such termination were made because a facility of the grant recipient or eligible entity did not comply with— an applicable provision of the most recently published version of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association or such other comparable fire and safety requirement as the Secretary has specified; or a licensing requirement, fire or safety requirement, or another requirement in the jurisdiction in which the facility is located regarding the condition of the facility. . In the case of the recipient of a per diem payment under section 2012 of title 38, United States Code, that receives such a payment during the year in which this Act is enacted for the provision of housing or services, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall assess whether the building where such housing or services are provided is and whether the housing and services are in compliance as required by section 2012(c)(1) of such title, as amended by subsection (a)(1). In the case described in paragraph (1), if the Secretary does not certify the compliance of the building and the housing or services under such section before the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary may not make any additional per diem payments to the recipient for the provision of such housing or services under section 2012 of such title until the Secretary certifies that such building is and such housing or services are in compliance. Section 2011(b)(5)(A) is amended by inserting , including housing and building codes, .