BILL NUMBER: AB 614	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chávez
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Atkins)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section 1012.1 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 614, as amended, Chávez. Veterans' homes of California:
financial investigation.
   Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of the
Veterans' Home of California at various sites for aged and disabled
veterans who meet certain eligibility requirements. Existing law
authorizes, prior to the admission of a veteran as a member of the
home, and at any time during which the veteran is a member, the
Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate the veteran's financial
status to ensure that the veteran is unable to pay for the necessary
hospital or domiciliary care outside of the home, as provided.
   This bill would instead, prior to the admission of a veteran as a
member of the home, require the department to  investigate
  review  the veteran's financial status to ensure
that the veteran is unable to pay for the necessary hospital or
domiciliary care outside of the home. This bill would authorize the
department to promulgate and maintain regulations.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1012.1 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   1012.1.  (a) Prior to the admission of a veteran as a member of
the home, the department shall  investigate  
review  the veteran's financial status to ensure that the
veteran is unable to pay for necessary hospital or domiciliary care
outside of the home.
   (b) The department may at any time during which a veteran is a
member of the home investigate the veteran's financial status to
ensure that the veteran is unable to pay for necessary hospital or
domiciliary care outside of the home.
   (c) The department may contract with any other state agency to
conduct any investigation on its behalf.
   (d) The department may promulgate regulations to implement this
section.