There shall be public homes for veterans in Tennessee known as “Tennessee state veterans’ homes.” The primary purpose of the homes shall be to provide support and care for honorably discharged veterans who served in the United States armed forces. These homes shall be established and operated only if federal veterans’ administration funds are available […]
There is hereby created a body, politic and corporate, to be known as the “Tennessee state veterans’ homes board.” The board, a political subdivision and instrumentality of the state, shall be deemed to be acting in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state in the performance of essential public functions and […]
The board shall elect a chair from among its members. The chair shall be a citizen of the state and an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces. The chair shall serve a two-year term. A chair may be reelected; provided, that no person shall serve as chair for more than two (2) […]
There is created an executive committee of the board. The executive committee shall be composed of three (3) members of the board. One (1) member shall be the commissioner of finance and administration. The remaining two (2) members shall be elected by the board subject to the qualifications that one (1) member shall be either […]
Members of the board shall not be compensated for services rendered to the homes, but will be compensated for necessary expenses incurred by a member in the performance of the member’s official duties. All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the policies and guidelines approved by the board, but shall not exceed […]
If any matter before the board involves a project, transaction, or relationship in which a member or the member’s associated institution, business or board has a direct or a conflicting interest, the member shall make known to the board that interest and shall be prohibited from participating in discussions and voting on that matter.
Prior to the adoption of any resolution or other action of the veterans’ homes board authorizing the incurrence of debt or the borrowing of funds or entering into any contract or other arrangement for the planning or preparation for the incurrence of debt or the borrowing of funds, the veterans’ homes board shall review such […]
The administrator of each home shall deposit with the state treasurer funds paid by veterans for their maintenance, funds received from the United States treasury and other funds given or granted to the home, including state funds. Such funds may be invested in the local government investment pool pursuant to title 9, chapter 4, part […]
The board shall make an annual report to the governor and to members of the government operations committees of the senate and the house of representatives and the joint select committee on veterans’ affairs. This report shall contain an accounting of all money received and expended, statistics on members who resided in the home during […]
At least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the board shall submit a plan of operation for review and approval to the commissioner of veterans services, the commissioner of finance and administration and the comptroller of the treasury. The plan of operation shall be in such form as may be […]
The comptroller of the treasury shall make an annual audit of the program established by this chapter as part of the comptroller’s annual audit pursuant to § 9-3-211.
It is the intention of the general assembly that, in establishing state veterans’ homes, the state shall apply for a grant from the United States veterans’ administration and/or obtain its approval for leasing existing facilities pursuant to Public Law 95-62 (38 U.S.C. §§ 5031-5037). The department of veterans services is hereby authorized to submit such […]
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the bed occupants at any one (1) time of state veterans’ homes authorized by this part may be veteran-related family members, i.e. spouses, surviving spouses, gold star parents and dependent children. When a state veterans’ home accepts grant assistance for a construction project, seventy-five percent (75%) of the bed occupants at […]
Upon the death of a resident of a Tennessee state veterans’ home, the administrator of the home shall promptly give notice of such death to the guardian or next of kin of such resident. The administrator, executor or personal representative of the deceased person, or if there be none, one (1) or more of the […]
