BYÂ STEPHANIE BUTTS
Disabled veterans living in private nursing home facilities could be forced to move if their centers choose not to renew their contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, unless a federal bill that reclassifies nursing-home or adult-care facility contracts is approved.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2014 that mandated any companies with new or renewed federal contracts signed after January 2015 pay their employees at least $10.10 per hour.
Without contracts, the Veterans Affairs department can’t pay a nursing home for services and many veterans cannot afford the high price tag of extended care, officials said.
Multiple Texas nursing homes have already chosen not to renew their federal contracts 
because of the wage requirements, effectively ousting veterans on full or partial disability benefits from the facilities.
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