Bill Text: CA SB1180 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1180 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1180-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1180	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 711 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1180, as introduced, Calderon. Veterans.
   Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to
publicize information pertaining to benefit programs that are
available to qualified homeless veterans, using printed material, the
department's Internet Web site, or any other method.
   This bill would provide that, instead of listing the department's
Internet Web site as a method of publication, the department could
have the information published on the state, county, city, and
department Internet Web sites.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 711 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   711.  (a) The department shall publicize information pertaining to
benefit programs that are available to qualified homeless veterans,
including, but not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) The veterans pension programs administered by the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. Sec. 1501 et seq.),
especially the eligibility for those veterans who are 65 years of age
or older or are permanently and totally disabled.
   (2) The Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing voucher program
(Public Law 110-161), and any programs that assist homeless veterans
in securing rental housing with that information including, to the
extent possible, the information that veterans not eligible for loans
under the Veterans' Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974, and
subsequent acts, may be eligible for housing assistance under the
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing voucher program.
   (3) CalFresh (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of Part 6
of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
   (b) The department shall publicize this information using any of
the following methods:
   (1) Printed material, including, but not limited to, flyers and
posters, with the information that can be provided to county veterans
service offices, homeless shelters, Veterans Affairs hospitals, and
other public and private entities that come into contact with
homeless veterans.
   (2)  On   By   having it published
on  the  department's   state, county,
city, and   department  Internet Web  site
  sites  .
   (3) Any other method that the department determines would
publicize and create awareness to homeless veterans about the benefit
programs available to them.
   (c) The information shall also state that veterans may receive
assistance from a county veterans service office in applying for any
benefits that they may be qualified to receive.