Veterans Health Care Regulations

21 (1) Subject to section 33.1, the following clients are eligible to receive adult residential care, intermediate care or chronic care in a contract bed:

• (a) veteran pensioners;

• (b) income-qualified veterans; and

• (c) overseas service veterans.

• (d) [Repealed, SOR/2022-69, s. 9]

(2) Subject to section 33.1, a client who on August 31, 1990 was in receipt of adult residential care, intermediate care or chronic care in a departmental facility, as that term is defined in the regulations as they read on September 1, 1990, or in a contract bed is eligible to receive care in a contract bed after August 31, 1990 for as long as the client continues, without interruption, to need adult residential care, intermediate care or chronic care.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a client who is discharged from a departmental facility, as that term is defined in the regulations as they read on September 1, 1990, pursuant to section 26, as it read immediately before the coming into force of this subsection, or whose discharge from a contract bed is recommended pursuant to that section.

(4) Subject to section 33.1, veterans described in paragraph (h) of the definition veteran in section 2 are eligible to receive intermediate care or chronic care in a contract bed if an assessment indicates that their health care needs have increased and that they require specialized care that cannot adequately be provided in a community facility other than in a contract bed.

(5) Despite subsection (1), an income-qualified veteran or an overseas service veteran, who is an allied veteran described in paragraphs 37(4)(c.1) and (d.1) or subsection 37(4.1) or (4.2) of the War Veterans Allowance Act and who is not an allied veteran described in paragraph (g) of the definition veteran in section 2, is not eligible to receive the care referred to in subsection (1).