EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON PENSION FOR VETERANS RECEIVING MEDICAID-COVERED NURSING HOME CARE; APPLICABILITY TO SURVIVING SPOUSES; AND FACILITY EXPENSES.

SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON PENSION FOR VETERANS RECEIVING MEDICAID-COVERED NURSING HOME CARE; APPLICABILITY TO SURVIVING SPOUSES; AND FACILITY EXPENSES. (a) Reduction in Pension.— Section 5503(f) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraph (6) and (7), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph (5): “(5) The provisions of this subsection shall apply with respect to a surviving spouse having no child in the same manner as they apply to a veteran having neither spouse nor child.”. (b) Extension.— Such section is further amended by striking out “September 30, 1992” in paragraph (7) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof “September 30, 1997”. (c) Facility Expenses.— Section 5503(a)(1)(B) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “Effective through September 30, 1997, any amount in excess of $90 per month to which the veteran would be entitled but for the application of the preceding sentence shall be deposited in a revolving fund at the Department medical facility which furnished the veteran nursing care, and such amount shall be available for obligation without fiscal year limitation to help defray operating expenses of that facility.”. 106 STAT. 4342 (d) Effective Dates.— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1992, and shall apply with respect to months after September 1992. The amendment made by subsection (c) shall take effect on November 1, 1992, and shall apply with respect to months after October 1992.