# Removal of 30-Day Residency Requirement for Per Diem Payments
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Direct final rule. · Published 2012-09-27 · Effective 2012-11-26 · 77 FR 59318
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-23775
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 59318
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 51
- **Publication date:** 2012-09-27
- **Effective date:** 2012-11-26
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking direct final action to amend its regulations concerning per diem payments to State homes for the provision of nursing home care to veterans. Specifically, this rule removes the requirement that a veteran must have resided in a State home for 30 consecutive days before VA will pay per diem for that veteran when there is no overnight stay. The intended effect of this direct final rule is to permit per diem payments to State homes for veterans who do not stay overnight, regardless of how long the veterans have resided at the State homes, so that the State homes will hold the veterans' beds until the veterans return.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/09/27/2012-23775/removal-of-30-day-residency-requirement-for-per-diem-payments)
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