Okla. Stat. tit. 72, § 72-63.5
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Collections from patients and members for care and
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maintenance.
The Oklahoma Veterans Commission is hereby authorized to make
collections from eligible patients and members for care and
maintenance. Payments shall be established in the following manner:
1. All sources of personal income, except wages of a working
spouse, except as provided in this section, shall be considered when
computing care and maintenance charges including pensions and awards
for aid and attendance from the Veterans Administration;
2. Care and maintenance charges shall be computed in a manner
to maximize the Veterans Administration pension and compensation
benefits to which the veteran is entitled and shall allow a veteran
to retain not less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per
month of total monthly income;
3. The care and maintenance charge shall not exceed the full
cost of care minus the Veterans Administration per diem payment;
4. Spouses, widows and widowers of eligible war veterans are
authorized to be admitted and maintained in the State Veterans
Homes. The facilities admitting and maintaining spouses, widows and
widowers shall make collections from the spouses, widows and
widowers first and to the fullest extent from sources of income
other than pension and compensation paid by the Veterans
Administration; and
5. The claim of the state for such care and maintenance shall
constitute a valid indebtedness against any such patient or member
and the patient's estate and shall not be barred by any statute of
limitations except as otherwise allowed by the Oklahoma Indigent
Health Care Act. At the death of the patient or member, this claim
shall be allowed and paid as other lawful claims against the estate.
Provided, no admission of a veteran of a period of war, as
referenced in 38 U.S.C., Section 1521 or detention of a patient in a
State Veterans Home shall be limited or conditioned in any manner by
the lack of ability to pay of a patient or member, the patient's
estate, or any relative of the patient or member. Any monies
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collected by the provisions of this section shall be deposited in
the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Revolving Fund.
The Oklahoma Veterans Commission is hereby authorized to make
collections from eligible patients and members for care and
maintenance. Payments shall be established in the following manner:
1. All sources of personal income, except wages of a working
spouse, except as provided in this section, shall be considered when
computing care and maintenance charges including pensions and awards
for aid and attendance from the Veterans Administration;
2. Care and maintenance charges shall be computed in a manner
to maximize the Veterans Administration pension and compensation
benefits to which the veteran is entitled and shall allow a veteran
to retain not less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per
month of total monthly income;
3. The care and maintenance charge shall not exceed the full
cost of care minus the Veterans Administration per diem payment;
4. Spouses, widows and widowers of eligible war veterans are
authorized to be admitted and maintained in the State Veterans
Homes. The facilities admitting and maintaining spouses, widows and
widowers shall make collections from the spouses, widows and
widowers first and to the fullest extent from sources of income
other than pension and compensation paid by the Veterans
Administration; and
5. The claim of the state for such care and maintenance shall
constitute a valid indebtedness against any such patient or member
and the patient's estate and shall not be barred by any statute of
limitations except as otherwise allowed by the Oklahoma Indigent
Health Care Act. At the death of the patient or member, this claim
shall be allowed and paid as other lawful claims against the estate.
Provided, no admission of a veteran of a period of war, as
referenced in 38 U.S.C., Section 1521 or detention of a patient in a
State Veterans Home shall be limited or conditioned in any manner by
the lack of ability to pay of a patient or member, the patient's
estate, or any relative of the patient or member. Any monies
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collected by the provisions of this section shall be deposited in
the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Revolving Fund.
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