Bill Text: IA SF255 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to county commissions of veteran affairs contacting discharged veterans regarding veteran benefits.(Formerly SSB 1052.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-24 - Referred to Veterans Affairs. S.J. 621. [SF255 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF255-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1052)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
commissions
of
veteran
affairs
1
contacting
discharged
veterans
regarding
veteran
benefits.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
35A.5,
subsection
15,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
15.
Upon
receipt
of
certificate
of
release
or
discharge
from
3
active
duty,
DD
form
214,
create
,
no
later
than
thirty
days
4
following
receipt
of
a
certificate,
a
roster
of
information
5
that
includes
the
name
of
the
military
member,
the
member’s
6
address
of
record
at
the
time
of
entrance
and
separation
from
7
active
duty
,
and
the
member’s
county
of
residence
listed
on
8
the
certificate.
The
department
shall,
on
a
monthly
basis
and
9
within
no
more
than
thirty
days
of
following
receipt
of
the
10
certificate
of
release
or
discharge
from
active
duty,
provide
a
11
copy
of
the
roster
to
the
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
12
in
each
county
listed
on
the
roster.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
35B.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
d,
Code
2021,
14
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
15
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(4)
Contact
veterans
with
a
mailing
16
address
located
in
the
county,
by
mail,
with
information
on
17
veterans’
benefits
within
thirty
days
of
receipt
of
a
roster
18
of
information
provided
to
the
county
commission
of
veteran
19
affairs
pursuant
to
section
35A.5,
subsection
15,
listing
20
discharged
veterans
by
county
of
residence.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
county
commissions
of
veteran
affairs
25
contacting
discharged
veterans
regarding
veteran
benefits.
26
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
veterans
affairs
to
27
include
in
its
roster
of
information
concerning
discharged
28
veterans
the
address
of
the
military
member
both
at
the
time
29
of
entrance
and
separation
from
active
duty.
The
bill
creates
30
a
deadline
of
30
days
following
the
date
the
department
of
31
veterans
affairs
received
a
certificate
of
release
or
discharge
32
to
create
the
roster
of
information.
33
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
veterans
affairs
to
34
provide
rosters
to
each
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
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listed
on
the
roster
on
a
monthly
basis
and
within
no
more
1
than
30
days
from
the
date
the
department
of
veterans
affairs
2
received
the
certificate
of
release
or
discharge
from
active
3
duty.
4
The
bill
requires
each
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
5
to
contact,
by
mail,
a
discharged
veteran
with
a
mailing
6
address
located
in
the
county
concerning
veterans’
benefits
7
within
30
days
of
the
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
8
receipt
of
a
roster
of
information
provided
to
the
county
9
commission
of
veteran
affairs
from
the
department
of
veterans
10
affairs.
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