House OKs Funding Measure to Renovate VA Hospital
A bill approved by the House this week would authorize $23 million for major renovations and seismic corrections at the Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center, officials said.
The money would fund the consolidation of medical and administrative services from an older, seismically unfit building built in the 1950s, into the center’s upgraded tower building, Gary O’Guin, Long Beach VA Medical Center spokesperson, said Wednesday.
The money would also cover the cost of demolishing the older structure.
The $23 million also would go toward renovating wards and generally improving services, O’Guin said. The bill, which must still go to the Senate, also authorizes $205 million for large-scale medical facility projects across the country, $140 million more than the president requested in his budget. A separate appropriations measure must be approved before work can start.
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