§412 Residents of Retirement Home

Summary

Allows certain former members of the Armed Forces to live in the Retirement Home if at least half of their service was non-commissioned (except service as a warrant officer or limited-duty officer). Eligible people include those discharged after 20 or more years of active service; people the Chief Operating Officer finds have a service-connected disability from duty; people who served in a war theater during a war declared by Congress or were eligible for hostile-fire special pay and who the Chief Operating Officer finds have injuries, disease, or disability; women who served in a women’s component before June 12, 1948 and whom the Chief Operating Officer finds have compelling personal circumstances; and people eligible for retired pay under chapter 1223 of title 10 who also meet one of these health coverage tests: eligible for care under section 1710 of title 38, enrolled under chapter 55 of title 10, or enrolled in a qualified health plan acceptable to the Chief Operating Officer. People cannot become residents if they have been convicted of a felony or were discharged under other than honorable conditions. Those with substance abuse or mental health problems may be admitted only after evaluation by a qualified health professional chosen by the Home, if the Home can meet their needs, and if they accept any residency conditions. Applicants must send the required form to the facility Administrator. The Chief Operating Officer will set priorities when demand exceeds space. A spouse of an accepted resident may be admitted if the spouse is a covered beneficiary under section 1072(5) of title 10, is not otherwise ineligible, and files the required application; such spouses are residents under the same rules unless the Chief Operating Officer says otherwise.