Bill Text: NJ S2636 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates financial planning assistance program for disabled veterans and their caregivers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-11 - Substituted by A3552 [S2636 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2636-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Creates financial planning assistance program for disabled veterans and their caregivers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act creating a financial planning assistance program for disabled veterans and their caregivers and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 38A of the New Jersey Statues.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, through its regional network of Veteran Service Offices, shall establish a financial planning assistance program for disabled veterans and their caregivers. The purpose of the program shall be to assist disabled veterans and their caregivers with planning for the financial burdens that may arise when a veteran is disabled and needs assistance with daily care and activities including, but not limited to, bathing, dressing, meal preparation, assistance with mobility, housekeeping, shopping, and driving or transportation.
"Caregiver" shall mean a spouse, parent, child, relative or other person who is 18 years of age or older and who has the primary responsibility of providing daily care for the eligible veteran. "Disabled veteran" shall mean any citizen and resident of this State now or hereafter honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, a Reserve component therof, or the National Guard and who has been or shall be declared by the United States Veterans Administration, or its successor, to have a service-connected disability.
The Adjutant General of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall promulgate, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.
2. This act shall take effect six months from the date of enactment, except the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to provide as part of its regional network of Veteran Service Offices, a financial planning assistance program for disabled veterans and their caregivers. The purpose of the program is to assist disabled veterans and their caregivers with planning for the financial burdens that may arise when a veteran is disabled and needs assistance with daily activities including, but not limited to, bathing, dressing, meal preparation, assistance with mobility, housekeeping, shopping, and driving or transportation.
Caregiver will mean a spouse, parent, child, relative or other person who is 18 years of age or older and who has the primary responsibility of providing daily care for the disabled veteran. Disabled veteran will mean any citizen and resident of this State honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, a Reserve component therof, or the National Guard and who has been or shall be declared by the United States Veterans Administration, or its successor, to have a service-connected disability.
