Sec. 2. Per diem payments provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for services furnished to homeless veterans
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Section 2012 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2)(B)— in clause (i)(II)(aa)(BB)— by striking 115 percent and inserting 133 percent ; and by inserting , plus a percentage increase to such rate equal to the percentage determined under section 3564(a) of this title after of that section ; in clause (ii), by striking 150 and inserting 140 ; and by adding at the end the following: Subject to clause (iv), the Secretary may waive the maximum rate for per diem payments under clause (i)(II)(aa)(BB) or
(ii)and provide such payments at a rate that does not exceed 200 percent of the rate authorized for State homes for domiciliary care under subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1741 of this title, as the Secretary may increase from time to time under subsection
(c)of that section, if the Secretary— determines that the grant recipient or eligible entity furnishes services to homeless veterans in— a rural or highly rural area; an area with a high rate of suicide among veterans; or an area with a high rate of homelessness among veterans; and notifies Congress of the need for such waiver. The Secretary may not, pursuant to clause (iii), waive the maximum rate described in such clause for more than 10 percent of all grant recipients and eligible entities in a fiscal year. ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Secretary may not provide more than 10,500 payments under this section in a fiscal year. ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the HOME Act of 2023, and not less frequently than twice each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the rate for per diem payments under this section that includes, for each Veterans Integrated Service Network of the Department, the following data: The average rate for such a payment. A list of locations where the rate for such a payment is within 10 percent of the maximum rate for such a payment authorized under this section. The average length of stay by a veteran participating in a program described in section 2011(a) of this title. .