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                                                                  SB 1387
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          Date of Hearing:   June 30, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

            SB 1387 (Committee on Veterans Affairs) - As Amended:  May 5,  
                                        2010 

          Policy Committee:                              Veterans  
          AffairsVote: 9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires one member of the California Veterans Board  
          to have a degree in health care administration or experience in  
          the financial management of health care facilities, and requires  
          the member of the board who is a resident of a veterans home to  
          be appointed for a term expiring January 15 of odd-numbered  
          years.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . The California Veterans Board, which is responsible  
            for determining the policies for operations of the Department  
            of Veterans Affairs, has seven members. Current law requires  
            that two members of the board have substantial training or  
            professional expertise in mortgage lending and real estate  
            finance and in geriatrics, gerontology, or long-term care,  
            respectively. A third member of the board is required to have  
            an accounting or auditing background. This committee bill  
            requires a fourth member of the board to have expertise in  
            health care administration.

           2)Related Legislation  . AB 2784 (Veterans Affairs), pending in  
            Senate Veterans Affairs, increases the board to nine members  
            and requires that two members shall have served in the  
            conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.









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