Bill Text: OR SB762 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to veterans; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-21 - Effective date, August 14, 2013. [SB762 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB762-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 3644

                         Senate Bill 762

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and
coordinate public information campaign to prevent suicide by
veterans.
  Directs department to conduct outreach to, and cooperate and
coordinate with, cities, counties, community organizations,
persons and organizations to provide services and assistance to
veterans regarding veterans' benefits through alternative means
and resources in addition to county veterans' service officers
program. Requires department to make informational materials and
training opportunities available to others in addition to county
veterans' service officers.
  Appropriates moneys to Department of Veterans' Affairs for
purposes of operating public information campaign to prevent
veteran suicides and providing information and services to
veterans about veterans benefits.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to veterans; creating new provisions; amending ORS
  406.458; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall
create and coordinate a public information campaign to inform
public agencies and the public about suicide prevention,
including but not limited to increasing knowledge and
understanding about recognizing the signs of a potentially
suicidal veteran and resources to which veterans who are
potentially suicidal may be referred.
  (2) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Public agencies' means the State of Oregon and any
political subdivision thereof and any county, city, district,
authority, public corporation or entity and any of their
instrumentalities organized and existing under law or charter.
  (b) 'Veteran' has the meaning given that term in ORS
408.225. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 406.458 is amended to read:
  406.458.  { + (1) + } The Director of Veterans' Affairs shall
carry out the provisions of ORS 406.450, 406.452, 406.454 and
406.456  { +  and subsection (2) of this section + } in
consultation with the Association of Oregon Counties.

   { +  (2) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall conduct
outreach to, and cooperate and coordinate with, cities, counties,
community organizations, persons and organizations offering
volunteer services under ORS 406.340 and any other person or
organization to provide services and assistance described in ORS
406.450 (2) through alternative means and resources in addition
to the county veterans' service officers program established
under ORS 406.450.
  (3) The department shall make the informational materials and
training opportunities described in ORS 406.450 (2)(b) available
to the cities, counties, community organizations, persons and
organizations described under subsection (2) of this section. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department of
Veterans' Affairs, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, out
of the General Fund, the Amount of $___, which may be expended
for purposes of implementing section 1 of this 2013 Act and the
amendments to ORS 406.458 by section 2 of this 2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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