BILL NUMBER: SB 152	CHAPTERED  09/27/99

	CHAPTER   511
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 31, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 26, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 24, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 17, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 5, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 1, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Johannessen

                        JANUARY 7, 1999

   An act to add Section 79.2 to the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 152, Johannessen.  Deputy Secretary of Veterans Homes.
   Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of the
California veterans home at various sites for aged and disabled
veterans who meet certain eligibility criteria.  Existing law
requires each California veterans home to be under the management and
control of the Department of Veterans Affairs and, subject to the
policies adopted by the Board of Veterans Affairs and the direction
of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to be administered by an
administrator.
   This bill would  require the Governor to appoint, in addition to
the secretary, a Deputy Secretary of Veterans Homes to serve at the
pleasure of the secretary, to be responsible for the administration
of all sites of the California veterans homes, for the purpose of
overseeing and monitoring all aspects of medical care that is being
provided to men and women veterans who are residents at any
California veterans home.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 79.2 is added to the Military and Veterans
Code, to read:
   79.2.  (a) In addition to the secretary, the Governor shall
appoint a Deputy Secretary of Veterans Homes, to serve at the
pleasure of the secretary, who shall be responsible for the
administration of all sites of the California veterans homes.
   (b) It is preferable that the deputy secretary is a medical doctor
who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license to practice
medicine in this state, or is a professionally trained hospital
administrator with (1) experience in managing a multihospital
organization and (2) training or experience in the care of the
elderly.
   (c) The role of the deputy secretary shall be to oversee and
monitor all aspects of medical care that is being provided to men and
women veterans who are residents in any California veterans home.