24 U.S.C. § 414 : US Code - Section 414: Fees paid by residents

Search 24 U.S.C. § 414 : US Code - Section 414: Fees paid by residents

(a) Monthly fees
The Director of each facility of the Retirement Home shall
collect a monthly fee from each resident of that facility.
(b) Deposit of fees
The Directors shall deposit fees collected under subsection (a)
of this section in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund.
(c) Fixing fees
(1) The Chief Operating Officer, with the approval of the
Secretary of Defense, shall from time to time prescribe the fees
required by subsection (a) of this section. Changes to such fees
shall be based on the financial needs of the Retirement Home and
the ability of the residents to pay. A change of a fee may not take
effect until 120 days after the Secretary of Defense transmits a
notification of the change to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives.
(2) The fee shall be fixed as a percentage of the monthly income
and monthly payments (including Federal payments) received by a
resident. The percentage shall be the same for each facility of the
Retirement Home. The Secretary of Defense may make any adjustment
in a percentage that the Secretary determines appropriate.
(3) The fee shall be subject to a limitation on maximum monthly
amount. The amount of the limitation shall be increased, effective
on January 1 of each year, by the percentage of the increase in
retired pay and retainer pay that takes effect on the preceding
December 1 under subsection (b) of section 1401a of title 10
without regard to paragraph (3) of such subsection. The first
increase in a limitation on maximum monthly amount shall take
effect on January 1, 2003.
(d) Transitional fee structures
(1) Until different fees are prescribed and take effect under
subsection (c) of this section, the percentages and limitations on
maximum monthly amount that are applicable to fees charged
residents of the Retirement Home are (subject to any adjustment
that the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate) as follows:
(A) For months beginning before January 1, 2002 -
(i) for a permanent health care resident, 65 percent (without
limitation on maximum monthly amount); and
(ii) for a resident who is not a permanent health care
resident, 40 percent (without limitation on maximum monthly
amount).
(B) For months beginning after December 31, 2001 -
(i) for an independent living resident, 35 percent, but not
to exceed $1,000 each month;
(ii) for an assisted living resident, 40 percent, but not to
exceed $1,500 each month; and
(iii) for a long-term care resident, 65 percent, but not to
exceed $2,500 each month.
(2) Notwithstanding the limitations on maximum monthly amount
prescribed under subsection (c) of this section or set forth in
paragraph (1)(B), until the earlier of December 31, 2006, or the
date on which an independent living resident or assisted living
resident of the Armed Forces Retirement Home - Gulfport occupies a
renovated room at that facility, as determined by the Secretary of
Defense, the limitation on maximum monthly amount applicable to the
resident for months beginning after December 31, 2001, shall be -
(A) in the case of an independent living resident, $800; and
(B) in the case of an assisted living resident, $1,300.