BILL NUMBER: AB 705	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blumenfield

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act relating to healing arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 705, as introduced, Blumenfield. Combat to Care Act.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
healing arts professions and vocations by boards within the
Department of Consumer Affairs.
   This bill would provide that this act shall be known, and may be
cited as, the Combat to Care Act and would make various legislative
findings and declarations, including that California recognizes that
military service members gain skill and experience while serving the
country that, upon discharge, can be translated to the civilian
world.
   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.  This act shall be known, and may be cited as, the
Combat to Care Act.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) President Barack Obama signed the Veteran Skills to Jobs Act,
authored by former California State Senator Jeff Denham, which
directs federal licensing authorities to consider and accept military
experience and training for the purposes of satisfying the
requirements for licensure.
   (b) In signing the Veterans Skills to Jobs Act, President Obama
declared that "No veteran who fought for our nation overseas should
have to fight for a job when they return home."
   (c) The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse
University found that, since 2001, more than 2.8 million military
personnel have made the transition from military to civilian life and
another one million service members will make this transition over
the next five years.
   (d) California is home to the largest veteran population in the
country, with approximately 2 million veterans, and is expected to
welcome home 30,000 more annually.
   (e) California recognizes that military service members gain
skills and experience while serving our country that, upon discharge,
can be translated to the civilian world.