BILL NUMBER: AB 825	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Atkins

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 1012.1 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 825, as introduced, Atkins. Veterans' homes: investigations:
financial status.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to
investigate a veteran's financial status to ensure that the veteran
cannot pay for the necessary care outside of the veterans' home.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   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.  Section 1012.1 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   1012.1.  Prior to the admission of a veteran as a member of the
home, and at any time during which a veteran is a member of the home,
the department may investigate the  veterans'  
veteran's  financial status to  insure  
ensure  that the veteran is unable to pay for necessary hospital
or domiciliary care outside of the home. The department may contract
with any other state agency to conduct  such  an
investigation in its behalf.