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ID SCR124
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/5/2020
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Authorizes Idaho Division of Veterans Services to enter into an agreement with Idaho State Building Authority to finance design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of a replacement skilled nursing facility and adult day health care facility in Boise.
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Permits use of Permanent Building Funds to pay service debt related to the financing arrangement.
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Provides matching funds for a federal Department of Veterans Affairs State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program that covers up to 65% of construction costs, with the state required to provide 35% matching funds.
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Replacement skilled nursing facility will have 158 beds and will be located at State Chinden Campus; 40-participant adult day health care facility will be located at either State Chinden Campus or existing State Veterans Home property.
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Addresses need for replacement facility due to current State Veterans Home in Boise exceeding 55 years old with significant maintenance costs and institutional layout constraints that have exhausted its useful life as a skilled nursing facility.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and authorizing the Idaho Division of Veterans Services to enter into an agreement with the Idaho State Building Authority.
VETERANS
Last Action
Bill Previously Held at Desk, Referred to Transportation & Defense
2/7/2020