Sec. 1412. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RESIDENCE AT THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
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## SEC. 1412 EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RESIDENCE AT THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME Section 1512 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 412) is amended to read as follows: > > ## “SEC. SEC. 1512 RESIDENTS OF RETIREMENT HOME > > > ### “(a) Persons Eligible To Be Residents > > Except as provided in subsection (b), the following persons who served as members of the Armed Forces, at least one-half of whose service was not active commissioned service (other than as a warrant officer or limited-duty officer), are eligible to become residents of the Retirement Home: > > > #### “(1) > > Persons who are 60 years of age or over and were discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces after 20 or more years of active service. > > > #### “(2) > > Persons who are determined under rules prescribed by the Chief Operating Officer to be suffering from a service-connected disability incurred in the line of duty in the Armed Forces. > > > #### “(3) > > Persons who served in a war theater during a time of war declared by Congress or were eligible for hostile fire special pay under section 310 or 351 of title 37, United States Code, and who are determined under rules prescribed by the Chief Operating Officer to be suffering from injuries, disease, or disability. > > > #### “(4) > > Persons who served in a women’s component of the Armed Forces before June 12, 1948, and are determined under rules prescribed by the Chief Operating Officer to be eligible for admission because of compelling personal circumstances. > > > ### “(b) Persons Ineligible to Be Residents > > The following persons are ineligible to become a resident of the Retirement Home: > > > #### “(1) > > A person who— > > > ##### “(A) > > has been convicted of a felony; or > > > ##### “(B) > > was discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces under other than honorable conditions. > > > #### “(2) > > A person with substance abuse or mental health problems, except upon a judgment and satisfactory determination by the Chief Operating Officer that— > > > ##### “(A) > > the person has been evaluated by a qualified health professional selected by the Retirement Home; > > > ##### “(B) > > the Retirement Home can accommodate the person’s condition; and > > > ##### “(C) > > the person agrees to such conditions of residency as the Retirement Home may require. > > > ### “(c) Acceptance > > To apply for acceptance as a resident of a facility of the Retirement Home, a person eligible to be a resident shall submit to the Administrator of that facility an application in such form and containing such information as the Chief Operating Officer may require. > > > ### “(d) Priorities for Acceptance > > The Chief Operating Officer shall establish a system of priorities for the acceptance of residents so that the most deserving applicants will be accepted whenever the number of eligible applicants is greater than the Retirement Home can accommodate. > > > ### “(e) Spouses of Residents > > > #### “(1) Authority to admit > > Except as otherwise established pursuant to subsection (d), the spouse of a person accepted as a resident of a facility of the Retirement Home may be admitted to that facility if the spouse— > > > ##### “(A) > > is a covered beneficiary within the meaning of section 1072(5) of title 10, United States Code; > > > ##### “(B) > > is not ineligible to become a resident as provided in subsection (b); and > > > ##### “(C) > > submits an application for admittance in accordance with subsection (c). > > > #### “(2) Treatment as resident > > A spouse admitted in accordance with paragraph
(1)shall be a resident of the Retirement Home consistent with this Act, except as the Chief Operating Officer may otherwise provide.” > .
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Sec. 1412
EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RESIDENCE AT THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
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