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SJ 29 Veterans care centers; Dept. of Veterans Services to study need for and cost of additional.

Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; need for and cost of additional veterans care centers. Requests that the Department of Veterans Services study the need for and cost of additional veterans care centers. The Department of Veterans Services shall (i) examine the present services provided by Virginia's veterans care centers and the related costs; (ii) identify situations where veterans' needs are not presently being met; (iii) examine whether changes to the federal government's veterans' policies and practices are failing to meet the needs of Virginia's veterans; (iv) recommend whether Virginia should increase the services it provides Virginia's veterans via care centers and identify the related costs; and (v) recommend whether Virginia should construct or acquire facilities to house additional veterans care centers and identify the related costs. The Department of Veterans Services shall complete its meetings by November 30, 2004, and shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an executive summary and a report of its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2005 Regular Session of the General Assembly. This resolution was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance for further consideration of the topic by one of its subcommittees during the 2004 interim.


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