Bill Text: CT HB06503 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Transportation Available To Residents Of The Veterans' Home.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - File Number 114 [HB06503 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06503-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 6503
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 4473
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)

AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS OF THE VETERANS' HOME.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall establish, within available appropriations, a permanent daily shuttle service at the Veterans' Home. Such shuttle service shall (1) provide transportation to the residents of the home, and (2) travel to and from locations, including, but not limited to, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' West Haven campus, based on the needs of such residents.

Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation, shall study existing modes of transportation available to residents of the Veterans' Home. The commissioners shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, the findings of such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to military and veterans' affairs on or before January 1, 2016, and shall issue recommendations with regard to improving transportation to adequately meet the needs of residents.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2015	New section
Sec. 2	from passage	New section

VA

Joint Favorable