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          Date of Hearing:   April 28, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

           AB 2785 (Committee on Veterans Affairs) - As Introduced:  March  
                                       8, 2010

          Policy Committee:                              Veterans  
          AffairsVote: 9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, by June  
          30, 2011 and annually thereafter, to identify other state  
          agencies providing veterans services for the purpose of entering  
          into formal agreements specifying the respective roles of  
          agencies.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          General Fund costs of around $100,000 annually for up to two  
          years for the equivalent of one full-time position in the  
          Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) to identify and enter into  
          agreements with other state agencies providing veterans  
          agencies.  Costs to the other agencies should be absorbable.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  According to the findings of the bill, a 2009 audit of  
          the DVA by the State Auditor confirmed that the department  
          provides few direct services to veterans, outside of its veteran  
          homes and Cal Vet Home Loan Program, and that the department has  
          extremely limited interaction and few formal agreements with  
          other state agencies and other departments that could provide  
          additional services to veterans if done in a coordinated and  
          efficient manner.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 










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