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This bill requires that all Department of Veterans Affairs domiciliary facilities and state-run homes providing housing to veterans must employ a resident advocate in each facility. The resident advocates would serve as liaisons between veterans and facility management, receive and transmit veteran complaints to facility directors, and escalate complaints to the VA Secretary, Inspector General, or state officials when appropriate. The bill affects veterans living in VA domiciliary care facilities and state homes across the country, as well as state governments that operate veteran housing facilities. The legislation does not specify new federal funding amounts or implementation timelines, though it does make federal payment to states for domiciliary care conditional on states employing resident advocates.

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