BILL NUMBER: SB 663	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  217
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 29, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 29, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  JANUARY 26, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 12, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 4, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 89.5 to the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 663, Correa. Veterans: homeless veterans.
   Under existing law, the Department of Veterans Affairs has
specified powers and duties relating to various programs serving
veterans, including establishing housing projects.
   This bill would require the department to include specified
information in its strategic plan related to homeless veterans, as
provided. This bill would also require the department to transmit the
strategic plan to the Chairpersons of the Assembly and Senate
Committees on Veterans Affairs.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 89.5 is added to the Military and Veterans
Code, to read:
   89.5.  (a) The department shall include in its strategic plan the
following:
   (1) A review of the goals and objectives relating to homeless
veterans, to determine whether the methods the department uses to
plan, analyze, develop, monitor, and implement the strategic plan
will likely decrease homelessness among veterans.
   (2) A determination of the number of homeless veterans in this
state and the number of those veterans who received benefits from
state or federal programs, including, but not limited to, the number
of homeless veterans in need of multifamily or transitional housing
and the number of those veterans who received benefits for those
needs.
   (b) The department shall transmit the strategic plan to the
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and the Chairman
of the Assembly Committee on Veterans Affairs.