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[CITE: 24USC412]

 
                     TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
 
                CHAPTER 10--ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
 
      SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF RETIREMENT HOME
 
Sec. 412. Residents of Retirement Home


(a) Persons eligible to be residents

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the following 
persons who served as members of the Armed Forces, at least one-half of 
whose service was not active commissioned service (other than as a 
warrant officer or limited-duty officer), are eligible to become 
residents of the Retirement Home:
        (1) Persons who--
            (A) are 60 years of age or over; and
            (B) were discharged or released from service in the Armed 
        Forces under honorable conditions after 20 or more years of 
        active service.

        (2) Persons who are determined under rules prescribed by the 
    Retirement Home Board to be incapable of earning a livelihood 
    because of a service-connected disability incurred in the line of 
    duty in the Armed Forces.
        (3) Persons who--
            (A) served in a war theater during a time of war declared by 
        Congress or were eligible for hostile fire special pay under 
        section 310 of title 37;
            (B) were discharged or released from service in the Armed 
        Forces under honorable conditions; and
            (C) are determined under rules prescribed by the Retirement 
        Home Board to be incapable of earning a livelihood because of 
        injuries, disease, or disability.

        (4) Persons who--
            (A) served in a women's component of the Armed Forces before 
        June 12, 1948; and
            (B) are determined under rules prescribed by the Retirement 
        Home Board to be eligible for admission because of compelling 
        personal circumstances.

(b) Persons ineligible to be residents

    A person described in subsection (a) of this section who has been 
convicted of a felony or is not free of drug, alcohol, or psychiatric 
problems shall be ineligible to become a resident of the Retirement 
Home.

(c) Acceptance

    To apply for acceptance as a resident of a facility of the 
Retirement Home, a person eligible to be a resident shall submit to the 
Director of that facility an application in such form and containing 
such information as the Retirement Home Board may require.

(d) Priorities for acceptance

    The Retirement Home Board shall establish a system of priorities for 
the acceptance of residents so that the most deserving applicants will 
be accepted whenever the number of eligible applicants is greater than 
the Retirement Home can accommodate.

(e) Effect of departure

    A resident of the Retirement Home who leaves the Retirement Home for 
more than 45 consecutive days (other than for inpatient medical care) 
shall be required to reapply for acceptance as a resident.

(f) Application of eligibility requirements to current residents of 
        Naval Home and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home

    Residents of the Naval Home and the United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home as of the effective date specified in section 1541(a)--
        (1) shall not be required to apply for acceptance as residents 
    of the Retirement Home; and
        (2) shall become residents of the Retirement Home on that date.

(Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1512, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 
1724.)

                       References in Text

    For the effective date specified in section 1541(a), referred to in 
subsec. (f), see Effective Date note below.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 1541(a) 
of Pub. L. 101-510, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.
