Section 1 Modification of requirements for applications for construction of State home facilities to increase the maximum percentage of nonveterans treated
Section 8135(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
by striking “Reasonable assurance” and inserting “(A) Reasonable assurance”;
by inserting “, except as provided in subparagraph (B),” after “and that”; and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(B) Reasonable assurance that, for purposes of providing care to spouses of veterans, during a period in which a facility is operating with a bed occupancy rate of 90 percent or less, not more than 40 percent of the bed occupancy at any one time will consist of patients who are not receiving such level of care as veterans.”