Budget Proposal Affecting Veterans Home Covered At Hearing

(Providence, RI)--The financially-challenged state-run nursing home for veterans was the focus of a Joint Committee on Finance, Special Legislation and Veteran Affairs hearing in the Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday.Senator Walter Felag of Bristol, whose district includes the home, called the part of Governor Gina Raimondo's budget proposal that would impact the home "insulting".The proposal includes taking all of a veteran's monthly income to live at the home, instead of the current amount of 80 percent; it would also take deceased veterans' estates in probate court if there is no next of kin, and increase the fee for veterans' spouses to be buried next to them.At the same time, the governor's proposal increases a monthly stipend for veterans and covers therapy costs, something that was taken away in a recent policy change.


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