Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 25 - Military and Veterans - Veterans' Home Purchase Board
Part 102 - Organization
Chapter 4 - Veterans Nursing Homes
Rule 25-102-4.12 - Discharge or Transfer of Resident

A. Failure of resident to follow all rules and regulations governing the Veterans Nursing Homes and to follow the course of treatment prescribed by the Home medical staff or the Home's outside medical consultant is cause for discharge.

B. The Executive Director has the authority to discharge a resident based on the recommendation of physician with a right to appeal the discharge to the State Veterans Affairs Board.

C. Residents shall accept discharge from the Homes when medical and/or administrative review determines such action to be appropriate. Residents desiring discharge from the Home are required to provide a three (3) day notice. Failure to do so will result in resident being charged for three (3) days (care) beyond actual discharge date.

D. Failure to pay for nursing home care or repeated late payment shall result in dismissal from the Home. Each potential dismissal shall be reviewed on a case by case basis and should extenuating circumstances exist, the Executive Director may present the account to the Board for their recommendation. The Executive Director is authorized to use all state laws to recoup monies due the Home for nursing home care. Residents entering a Home and having insufficient funds to cover care costs (e.g. awaiting start/increase in VA pension benefits) or who, subsequent to admission allows an arrears in his/her care account to occur, must have all income come directly to the SVAB with the SVAB being authorized to deposit such income into the resident's personal funds account and to transfer such agreed upon amounts from that personal funds account for purposes of payment on the resident's care account. Branch Directors, with approval of the Executive Director, may waive requirement as stipulated in the preceding sentence.

E. If a resident account balance remains delinquent for forty-five (45) days, the account shall be turned over to the SVAB attorney for collection. Once the account balance has been delinquent for sixty (60) days, the resident may be discharged from the Home.

F. Residents desiring transfer to a different State Veterans Home shall be responsible for all associated costs.

G. Residents of the State Veterans Home shall accept transfer to other facilities, including those operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, if medical condition, as determined by the Veterans Home's Medical Staff, mandates. Any and all costs of treatment/care outside the Home are the responsibility of the resident/responsible parties.