This amendment appears to the one to establish a 90 day residency requirment ,before a poor person from another state  in need of assisted living can come to Virginia and qualify for the auxiliary grant.The auxiliary grant helps fund a  additional amount for the poor this poor person.

The auxiliary grant does not cover the cost of services ,but a lot of providers are willing to except these people ,merely to help them out. Most  from other states are in dier need of  care .Some are homeless and  mentally ill.Some are transients.Some are veterans. At any point this does help supplement my income to my 98 bed facility.It would be a shame to turn these people away,just because they are in another State .

Commit a crime and we will keep you up for 3 to 5 times the money without any hesitation of the cost .

Virginia needs to take other avenues to cut cost ,not in assisted living .I can not believe they cut the little $3.00 per day funding from medicaid .

The current public pay rate is $37.00 per day.

A maximum of $17.00 per day comes auxiliary grant.This rate changes on the amount a person draws from a disability,whether it be social security.In other words if he draws $1000.00 a month ,the additional $170 per month would be auxiliary grant .This would be around $6.00 per day. So the state would be giving up that $1000.00 to save $170.00 .The $1000.00 goes to help support a industry,that does not have the ability to be exported to another country.

In closing the reason stated for this amendment was to save the bed for the poor virginian .I find that hard to believe. I've never turned a poor or a indigent virginian away.Let get real about this .

For the sake of mankind I  do not support the amendment  that requires a 90 day residency from another state before qualifying for the auxiliary grant .This could help slam the doors shut to close for many home in Southwest who are willing to accept the 70% below market pay.And yas we do provide jobs ,pay taxes and most of all take pride and do a pretty good job for a much needed service.

PLEASE STOP THIS AMENDMENT IN IT'S TRACKS .  Thank You for allowing me this oppurturnity to speak from my standpoint and others who wish they could but can not .Many just do not have the opportunity .  Frankie Minor ,Lee County ,Dryden Virginia