Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 72 State Institutions - Chapter 72.36 Soldiers' And Veterans' Homes And Veterans' Cemetery

72.36.010 Establishment of soldiers' home
There is established at Orting, Pierce county, an institution which shall be known as the Washington soldiers' home.[1959 c 28 § 72.36.010. Prior: 1901 c ...

72.36.020 Superintendents -- Licensed nursing home administrator
The director of the department of veterans affairs shall appoint a superintendent for each state veterans' home. The superintendent shall exercise management and control of ...

72.36.030 Admission--Applicants must apply for federal and state benefits
All of the following persons who have been actual bona fide residents of this state at the time of their application, and who are indigent ...

72.36.035 Definitions
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Actual bona fide residents of this state" means persons who have a domicile ...

72.36.037 Resident rights
Chapter 70.129 RCW applies to this chapter and persons regulated under this chapter.[1994 c 214 § 23.]Notes: Severability -- Conflict with federal requirements -- Captions ...

72.36.040 Colony established -- Who may be admitted
There is hereby established what shall be known as the "Colony of the State Soldiers' Home." All of the following persons who reside within the ...

72.36.045 State veterans' homes -- Maintenance defined
In the maintenance of the state veterans' homes by the state through the department of veterans' affairs, such maintenance shall include, but not be limited ...

72.36.050 Regulations of home applicable -- Rations, medical attendance, clothing
The members of the colony established in RCW 72.36.040 as now or hereafter amended shall, to all intents and purposes, be members of the state ...

72.36.055 Domiciliary and nursing care to be provided
The state veterans' homes shall provide both domiciliary and nursing care. The level of domiciliary members shall remain consistent with the facilities available to accommodate ...

72.36.060 Federal funds
The state treasurer is authorized to receive any and all moneys appropriated or paid by the United States under the act of congress entitled "An ...

72.36.070 Washington veterans' home
There shall be established and maintained in this state a branch of the state soldiers' home, under the name of the "Washington veterans' home," which ...

72.36.075 Eastern Washington veterans' home
There shall be established and maintained in this state a branch of the state soldiers' home, under the name of the "eastern Washington veterans' home," ...

72.36.077 Eastern Washington veterans' home--Funding--Intent
The department of veterans affairs indicates that it may acquire and staff an existing one-hundred-bed skilled nursing facility in Spokane and reopen it as an ...

72.36.090 Hobby promotion
The superintendents of the state veterans' homes are hereby authorized to: (1) Institute programs of hobby promotion designed to improve the general welfare and mental ...

72.36.100 Purchase of equipment, materials for therapy, hobbies
The superintendent of each institution referred to in RCW 72.36.090 may purchase, from the appropriation to the institution, for operations, equipment or materials designed to ...

72.36.110 Burial of deceased member or deceased spouse or domestic partner
The superintendent of the Washington veterans' home and the superintendent of the Washington soldiers' home and colony are hereby authorized to provide for the burial ...

72.36.115 Eastern Washington state veterans' cemetery
(1) The department shall establish and maintain in this state an eastern Washington state veterans' cemetery. (2) All honorably discharged veterans, as defined by RCW ...

72.36.120 Deposit of veteran income--Expenditures and revenue control
All income of residents of a state veterans' home, other than the personal needs allowance and income from therapeutic employment, shall be deposited in the ...

72.36.140 Medicaid qualifying operations
Qualifying operations at state veterans' homes operated by the department of veterans affairs, may be provided under the state's medicaid reimbursement system as administered by ...

72.36.145 Reduction in allowable income--Certification of qualifying operations
No reduction in the allowable income provided for in current department rules may take effect until the effective date of certification of qualifying operations at ...

72.36.150 Resident council--Generally
The department of veterans affairs shall provide by rule for the annual election of a resident council for each state veterans' home. The council shall ...

72.36.160 Personal needs allowance
The legislature finds that to meet the objectives of RCW 72.36.1601, the personal needs allowance for all nursing care residents of the state veterans' homes ...

72.36.1601 Findings
The legislature finds that continued operation of state veterans' homes is necessary to meet the needs of eligible veterans for shelter, personal and nursing care, ...