Amended in Senate April 1, 2013

Senate BillNo. 382

Introduced by Senator Roth

February 20, 2013

An act tobegin delete amend Section 981.5 ofend deletebegin insert add Article 8 (commencing with Section 999.60) to Chapter 6 of Division 4 ofend insert the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 382, as amended, Roth. Veterans’ benefits: Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide various benefits to veterans.

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This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a California Veterans Leadership Program to connect returning veterans of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with employment, housing, and mental health resources and tools, as specified.

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Existing law authorizes the California Veterans’ Educational Institute, which is under the management and control of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to provide opportunities for veterans to continue their education. Existing law authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to work with authorized agencies of the United States in providing those opportunities.

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This bill would make a nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertArticle 8 (commencing with Section 999.60) is
2added to Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the end insertbegin insertMilitary and Veterans
3Codeend insertbegin insert, to read:end insert

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5Article begin insert8.end insert  Veterans’ Services
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(a) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall create
8a California Veterans Leadership Program that is a resource and
9referral network operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs
10to connect returning veterans of military operations in Iraq and
11Afghanistan with the employment, housing, and mental health
12resources and tools needed to lead productive lives and enjoy the
13full benefits of the society that they have served.

14(b) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish centers
15throughout California that would provide employment, housing,
16and mental health resources and tools to veterans in one physical
17location.

18(c) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall assist a veteran
19until he or she has both a job and a place to live.

20(d) The Department of Veterans Affairs may adopt rules as
21necessary to implement this section.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 981.5 of the Military and Veterans Code
23 is amended to read:

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981.5.  

The department may cooperate and confer with
25authorized agencies of the United States in carrying out this article.

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