Bill Text: CT SB00210 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Veterans Who Served In The National Guard.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-21 - Public Hearing 02/25 [SB00210 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00210-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Raised Bill No. 210

February Session, 2014

 

LCO No. 1375

 

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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS

 

Introduced by:

 

(VA)

 

AN ACT CONCERNING VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

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

Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2014) The Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs, in consultation with the Adjutant General, shall conduct a study of services that are not available to veterans who served in the National Guard. Such study shall include consideration of the need for such services, the obstacles to providing them and possible ways to facilitate their provision. The study shall also list any statutory or regulatory changes necessary to establish recommended services.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

July 1, 2014

New section

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure that veterans who served in the National Guard are receiving all benefits that are needed by them.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

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