(a) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the bed occupants at any one (1) time of state veterans’ homes authorized by this part may be veteran-related family members, i.e. spouses, surviving spouses, gold star parents and dependent children.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 58-7-113

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) When a state veterans’ home accepts grant assistance for a construction project, seventy-five percent (75%) of the bed occupants at that facility as a whole must be veterans.
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