Bill Text: IA HF288 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to military and veterans benefits. (Formerly HSB 65.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 622. [HF288 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF288-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
MILITARY
AND
VETERANS
BENEFITS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
35A.14,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4.
Moneys
appropriated
to
or
received
by
the
department
for
providing
injured
veterans
grants
under
this
section
may
be
expended
for
grants
of
up
to
ten
thousand
dollars
to
a
veteran
who
is
seriously
injured
or
very
seriously
injured,
as
defined
in
the
most
recently
published
United
States
department
of
defense
joint
publication
1-02,
to
provide
financial
assistance
to
the
veteran
so
that
family
members
of
the
veteran
may
be
with
the
veteran
during
the
veteran’s
recovery
from
an
injury
received
in
the
line
of
duty
in
a
combat
zone
or
in
a
zone
where
the
veteran
was
receiving
hazardous
duty
pay
after
September
11,
2001.
Sec.
2.
Section
35A.14,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
Proof
of
continued
medical
care
or
rehabilitation
services
may
include
any
reasonably
reliable
documentation
showing
that
the
veteran
is
receiving
continued
medical
or
House
File
288,
p.
2
rehabilitative
care
as
a
result
of
qualifying
injuries.
Proof
that
the
injury
occurred
in
the
line
of
duty
shall
be
made
based
upon
the
circumstances
of
the
injury
known
at
the
time
of
evacuation
from
the
combat
zone
or
zone
in
which
the
veteran
was
receiving
hazardous
duty
pay
place
where
the
veteran
was
injured
.
Sec.
3.
Section
35A.14,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
The
department,
the
commission,
and
the
national
guard
shall
collaborate
on
a
report
regarding
the
sustainability
of
future
funding
for
the
injured
veterans
grant
program
and
shall
submit
their
findings
and
recommendations
in
a
written
report
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
December
31,
2019.
Sec.
4.
Section
272C.4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
12A.
a.
Establish
procedures
by
January
1,
2020,
to
expedite
the
licensing
of
an
individual
who
is
licensed
in
a
similar
profession
or
occupation
in
another
state
and
who
is
the
spouse
of
an
active
duty
member
of
the
military
forces
of
the
United
States.
b.
If
the
board
determines
that
the
professional
or
occupational
licensing
requirements
of
the
state
where
the
spouse
is
licensed
are
substantially
equivalent
to
the
licensing
requirements
of
this
state,
the
procedures
shall
require
the
expedited
licensing
of
the
spouse
in
this
state.
c.
If
the
board
determines
that
the
professional
or
occupational
licensing
requirements
of
the
state
where
the
spouse
is
licensed
are
not
substantially
equivalent
to
the
professional
or
occupational
licensing
requirements
of
this
state,
the
procedures
shall
allow
the
provisional
licensing
of
the
spouse
for
a
period
of
time
deemed
necessary
by
the
board
to
obtain
a
substantial
equivalent
to
the
licensing
requirements
of
this
state.
The
board
shall
advise
the
spouse
of
required
education
or
training
necessary
to
obtain
a
substantial
equivalent
to
the
professional
or
occupational
licensing
requirements
of
this
state,
and
the
procedures
shall
provide
for
licensing
of
an
individual
who
has,
pursuant
to
House
File
288,
p.
3
this
paragraph,
obtained
a
substantial
equivalent
to
the
licensing
requirements
of
this
state.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
288,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
