Bill Text: CT SB00691 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Veterans' Crisis Line.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-02 - Senate Recommitted to Veterans' Affairs [SB00691 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00691-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 691
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 4366
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A VETERANS' CRISIS LINE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 27-100d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):

The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall provide a toll-free telephone number for use as (1) a clearinghouse by veterans, active members of the armed forces in this state, including the National Guard, and their families to obtain, in response to their requests about benefits or services that may be available to such veterans, members or their families, referrals to entities that provide such benefits or services, and (2) a crisis line to respond to requests for assistance from veterans that is modeled on the federal veterans' crisis line. The toll-free telephone number shall be staffed by employees of or trained volunteers working at the Department of Veterans' Affairs on weekdays during regular business hours, and on weekends and holidays from nine o'clock a.m. to five o'clock p.m.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2015	27-100d

VA

Joint Favorable