Chapter 115A

Section 1. A person who is a veteran as defined in section 1 of chapter 115 shall be entitled to out-patient treatment at, admission to and hospitalization in a state-operated veterans' home, subject to the provisions of section 3.

Section 10. The superintendent of a state-operated veterans' home may establish a program for the training of residents in medicine, surgery, urology and such other specialties and sub-specialties of medicine as may be deemed advisable. The persons undergoing such training shall …

Section 10A. (a) The superintendent of a state-operated veterans' home may establish a program for the education and training of practical nurses and promulgate regulations to govern the program. The commonwealth may provide the education and training at no cost to the program pa…

Section 12. (a) There shall be within the executive office of veterans' services an office of veterans' homes and housing. The secretary of veterans' services shall appoint an executive director of veterans' homes and housing who shall have: (i) at least 5 years of experience in …

Section 13. The secretary of veterans' services shall promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to the operation and administration of the state-operated veterans' homes. The secretary, in consultation with the executive director of veterans' homes and housing, shall continuall…

Section 14. (a) Each state-operated veterans' home shall have: (i) a superintendent as its administrative head, who shall report to the secretary of veterans' services; and (ii) a deputy superintendent, who shall report to the superintendent. The superintendent for each state-ope…

Section 15. (a) The office of veterans' homes and housing established in section 12 shall employ an ombudsperson at each state-operated veterans' home. The ombudsperson shall be a full-time, paid position to advocate on behalf of residents and staff of the home and to receive, in…

Section 16. (a) Each state-operated veterans' home shall apply for and maintain certification by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, pursuant to subpart B of 42 CFR 483. The superintendent of each state-oper…

Section 17. The superintendent of each veterans' home, in coordination with the executive director of veterans' homes and housing, shall conduct annual reviews of the respective home's health record system and ensure the home is equipped with technology to best serve access to re…

Section 18. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the superintendent of each state-operated veterans' home may accept donations from non-profit organizations that enhance the well-being and care of residents of the home. The superintendent shall submit an an…

Section 2. Service referred to in section one shall mean service during any of the following periods, both dates inclusive: — (a) Mexican Border Service, between June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen and February third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, provided, that such …

Section 3. No person shall be entitled to the treatment, admission or hospitalization referred to in sections one and two, unless at the time of his application for such treatment, admission or hospitalization he has actually resided within the commonwealth continuously for five …

Section 4. Any person who was recruited in the United States and who served in the military service of Poland while said country was allied with the United States in World War I, between October seventh, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred a…

Section 6. So much of any funds known as ''Patients Funds'' as represents monies belonging to, or deposited for the benefit of, patients or members who have been discharged or voluntarily departed from, or died at, a state-operated veterans' home, which shall have remained unclai…

Section 7. If a patient at a state-operated veterans' home is discharged therefrom or dies therein while obligated to the commonwealth for support furnished him at such home and there is in the custody of the superintendent of such home a bank book representing a deposit account …

Section 8. The state-operated veterans' homes, after a determination and approval of the trustees of the respective home, that it is in the best interest of the patients, may lease, upon such terms and conditions as may be stipulated by said trustees, sufficient land belonging to…

Section 9. Domiciliary facilities within the limitation of physical facilities, are hereby authorized for the admission of female veterans at the state-operated veterans' homes. Female veterans seeking admission shall be subject to all requirements, both federal and state, as may…