B-125206, JUN. 13, 1958
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WAS PRIMARILY FURNISHING DOMICILIARY CARE. OUR CONCURRENCE WAS BASED ON A REPORT OF SURVEY MADE ON DECEMBER 11. BY YOUR ADMINISTRATION INDICATING THAT AT THE TIME APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE PERSONS MAINTAINED AT THE FACILITY WERE HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND ABOUT ONE-THIRD DOMICILIARY PATIENTS. YOU ADVISE THAT AT THE REQUEST OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA A SUPPLEMENTAL SURVEY WAS MADE OF THE FACILITY AT SULPHUR ON APRIL 11. AT WHICH TIME YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOUND THAT THERE WERE 113 DOMICILIARY MEMBERS PRESENT. 119 WERE FOUND TO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION FOR DOMICILIARY CARE. I HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE OKLAHOMA STATE WAR VETERANS HOME FACILITY AT SULPHUR NOW PRIMARILY IS FURNISHING DOMICILIARY CARE.
B-125206, JUN. 13, 1958
TO HONORABLE SUMNER G. WHITTIER, ADMINISTRATOR, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION:
YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 3, 1958, REFERS TO OUR LETTER OF FEBRUARY 10, 1958, B -125206, WHEREIN WE CONCURRED IN YOUR VIEW THAT IT WOULD NOT BE PROPER AT THAT TIME TO CONCLUDE THAT THE OKLAHOMA STATE WAR VETERANS FACILITY AT SULPHUR, OKLAHOMA, WAS PRIMARILY FURNISHING DOMICILIARY CARE. OUR CONCURRENCE WAS BASED ON A REPORT OF SURVEY MADE ON DECEMBER 11, 1957, BY YOUR ADMINISTRATION INDICATING THAT AT THE TIME APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE PERSONS MAINTAINED AT THE FACILITY WERE HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND ABOUT ONE-THIRD DOMICILIARY PATIENTS. THEREFORE, WE ALSO CONCURRED IN YOUR CONCLUSION THAT THE SULPHUR, OKLAHOMA FACILITY HAD NOT, AT THAT TIME, MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 27, 1888, AS AMENDED, 24 U.S.C. 134, SO AS TO BE ENTITLED TO FEDERAL AID PAYMENTS THEREUNDER.
YOU ADVISE THAT AT THE REQUEST OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA A SUPPLEMENTAL SURVEY WAS MADE OF THE FACILITY AT SULPHUR ON APRIL 11, 1958, AT WHICH TIME YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOUND THAT THERE WERE 113 DOMICILIARY MEMBERS PRESENT, EIGHT DOMICILIARY MEMBERS ABSENT ON PASS AND 98 HOSPITAL PATIENTS PRESENT. YOU FURTHER ADVISE THAT, OF THE 121 DOMICILIARY MEMBERS ON THE ROLLS OF THE FACILITY, 119 WERE FOUND TO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION FOR DOMICILIARY CARE.
YOUR LETTER CONTINUES IN PERTINENT PART:
"BASED ON THIS REPORT, A COPY OF WHICH I AM SENDING YOU, I HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE OKLAHOMA STATE WAR VETERANS HOME FACILITY AT SULPHUR NOW PRIMARILY IS FURNISHING DOMICILIARY CARE, THUS QUALIFYING THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEDERAL AID AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 27, 1888 AS AMENDED (24 U.S.C. 134).'
YOU REQUEST OUR VIEWS AS TO YOUR DETERMINATION.
THE LATEST SURVEY REPORT DISCLOSES THAT AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY THE MAJORITY OF THE PERSONS MAINTAINED AT THE STATE FACILITY AT SULPHUR, OKLAHOMA WERE DOMICILIARY MEMBERS. ON THE BASIS OF SUCH FACTUAL REPORT WE CONCUR IN YOUR DETERMINATION THAT THE INSTITUTION IN QUESTION NOW PRIMARILY IS FURNISHING DOMICILIARY CARE, THUS QUALIFYING FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEDERAL AID AS PROVIDED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 27, 1888, AS AMENDED, 24 U.S.C. 134.