Any person can move to any state and almost immediately qualify for any assistance if they are eligible.

Why single out assisted living?

What if you had a family members that was in need of Assisted Living in another state and could not get it because they were poor.

One of the  reason's this amendment is proposed is to require a citizen to live in Virginia for 90 days before they qualify for the Auxiliary Grant .

The reason documented in this amendment is to save the a.g bed for the Virginia resident.Most assisted livings do not even accept a.g.rate.

If I were waiting for a Virginia resident to come and fill my bed I would have been out of business a long time ago.

Our larger closest town's are in other in another state.

Most of these people are very appreciative of our service and are nice well suitable residents.

The a.g grant can be as little as 25 cent s a day to as much as $17.00 a day.The persons income comes with them.

This is a little price to pay to help a Virginia business ,taxes ,job,and most of all providing care for individuals in need ,regardless of where they are from,if they are currently a resident of Virginia.

Office of the civil rights of D.S.S. prohibits discrimination based on disability or because all or part of an individual's income is derived  from a public assistance.

The VDSS Office for civil rights works to assure these rights are upheld.

Thanks for this opportunity to be heard,I sincerely appreciate it.

I hope you will find enough evidence  not to allow the 90 day residency requirement to become a standard.

Their are many other ways to control money or save beds other than allowing this.