BILL NUMBER: AB 633	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 633, as introduced, Salas. Public health: veterans access to
health care services.
    Existing law establishes the Office of Patient Advocate in the
California Health and Human Services Agency and requires the office
to provide assistance to and advocate on behalf of persons eligible
for health care coverage. Existing law requires that the goal of the
office be to help those individuals secure the health care services
to which they are entitled or for which they are eligible under the
law.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would facilitate the access by veterans to health
care coverage and health care services, including the delivery of
health care services via telehealth.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would facilitate the access by veterans to health
care coverage and health care services, including the delivery of
health care services via telehealth.