Bill Text: CA AB1565 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: California Department of Aging: grants: LGBT veteran services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-27 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1565 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1565-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1565	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Ammiano)

                        JANUARY 29, 2014

   An act to add Section 9103.2 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1565, V. Manuel Pérez. California Department of Aging: grants:
LGBT veteran services.
   Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act,
establishes the California Department of Aging and sets forth its
duties and powers, including, among other things, administering all
programs under the act and the federal Older Americans Act of 1965,
which includes providing technical assistance to area agencies on
aging, program managers, staff, and volunteers providing services.
Existing law provides findings and declarations relating to lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender seniors and requires each area agency
on aging to include the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
transgender (LGBT) seniors in its needs assessment and area plans.
   This bill would authorize the Director of the California
Department of Aging to provide grants, to the extent appropriations
are made for this purpose, to nonprofit organizations with experience
providing services and training that are culturally competent and
sensitive to issues relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender community. The bill would require nonprofit organizations
receiving those grant funds to, among other things, provide
training, outreach, and education to agencies, individuals, and other
appropriate entities that provide services to veterans who are elder
and LGBT.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 9103.2 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   9103.2.  (a) The Director of the California Department of Aging
may, to the extent appropriations are made for this purpose, provide
grants to nonprofit organizations with experience providing services
and training that are culturally competent and sensitive to issues
relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
   (b) (1) Nonprofit organizations receiving grants under this
section shall use grant funds to do all of the following:
   (A) Provide outreach to elder veterans who are lesbian, gay,
bisexual, or transgender (LGBT).
   (B) Refer, as appropriate, elder, LGBT veterans to agencies,
individuals, and other appropriate entities that provide services to
elder, LGBT veterans.
   (C) Provide training, outreach, and education to, and coordinate
with, agencies, individuals, and other appropriate entities that
provide services to elder, LGBT veterans.
   (2) For the purposes of this subdivision, an appropriate entity
that provides services to elder, LGBT veterans includes, but is not
limited to, organizations authorized to prepare, present, and
prosecute a claim before the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs, such as county veterans' service offices and congressionally
chartered veterans service organizations.
   (c) Grants made pursuant to this section shall be awarded through
a request for proposal process.