The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XX
VETERANS

Chapter 296
VETERANS' HOMES

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F.S. 296.47

296.47 Eligibility and priority of admittance.—

(1) To be eligible for admittance to the program, the person must be a veteran as provided in s. 1.01(14) or have eligible peacetime service as defined in s. 296.02 and must:

(a) Be in need of adult day health care.

(b) Be a resident of the state at the time of application for admission to the program.

(d) Have applied for all financial assistance reasonably available through governmental sources.

(e) Have been approved as eligible for care and treatment by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(2) The operator may waive the residency requirement for a veteran who is otherwise eligible under Florida law for admittance to a program. The waiver must be limited to a veteran who is a disaster evacuee of a state that is under a declared state of emergency.

(3) Admittance priority must be given to eligible veterans in the following order of priority:

(a) An eligible veteran who is a resident of the State of Florida.

(b) An eligible veteran who has a service-connected disability as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or was discharged or released from military service for disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty and the disability is the condition for which adult day health care is needed.

(c) An eligible veteran who has a non-service-connected disability and is unable to defray the expense of adult day health care and so states under oath before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer an oath.

History.—s. 3, ch. 2023-162.

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Amendments to 296.47

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 296.47

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 296.47.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In SW BOSTON HOTEL VENTURE LLC,, 449 B.R. 156 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2011)

. . . Lewis projected that the W Hotel’s ADR would steadily increase to $296.47 in 2014. . . .

In WEINER, SYRACUSE SAVINGS BANK, v. WEINER,, 86 B.R. 912 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 1988)

. . . According to the tax return, Debtor’s gross income in 1983 was $231,-296.47. (EXH. 2). . . .

, 114 Ct. Cl. 731 (Ct. Cl. 1949)

. . . Sullivan_ $296.47 48418 James Marshall, Public Administrator of the Canal Zone, Administrator of the . . .