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Department of Veterans Affairs seeks $16.4 million and repairs funds as it prepares to take over Stone Pavilion nursing home
Summary
The Department of Veterans Affairs outlined requests tied to taking operational control of Stone Pavilion — including a $14.4 million appropriation plus $2 million revenue authorization, a $4.3 million repairs request tied to a building assessment, and recurring funding for contract operations across the veteran nursing-home enterprise.
The Director, Department of Veterans Affairs, told lawmakers the agency will assume oversight of the state’s sixth veterans nursing home, Stone Pavilion in Columbia, on July 1 and requested budget authority and repairs funding tied to the transfer.
The department asked for roughly $14,400,000 in general-appropriation funding with a $2,000,000 revenue authorization (totaling $16,400,000) to support the transfer and to allow the state to use U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-per-diem revenue to pay a contract operator at the VA per-diem rate, the director said. The…
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