VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMISSION/STRATEGIC PLAN.

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 62 (Public) Filed Wednesday, February 8, 2017
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENHANCE BENEFITS FOR VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS TO STUDY PROGRAM OUTCOMES FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Intro. by D. Davis, Brown.
Status: Ch. SL 2017-29 (Senate Action) (Jun 8 2017)

SOG comments (1):

Long Title Change

Submitted by Penny.Griffin@n... on

House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes changes the long title. The original title is as follows:

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENHANCE BENEFITS FOR VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.

Bill History:

S 62/S.L. 2017-29

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill S 62 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jun 8 2017 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENHANCE BENEFITS FOR VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS TO STUDY PROGRAM OUTCOMES FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. Enacted June 8, 2017. Effective June 8, 2017. 

    Government, State Agencies, Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, Military and Veteran's Affairs
    STUDY, GS 143B
  • Bill S 62 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: May 18 2017 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 2nd edition.

    Adds new section directing the Department of Military and Veteran Affairs (DMVA) to study the potential methods for documenting, collecting, and analyzing the outcomes for North Carolina individual military veterans and their families of the programs designed to serve them. Directs DMVA to report its findings and recommendations to the chairs of the Senate and House appropriations subcommittees on General Government by December 1, 2017. 

    Makes conforming changes to the act's title.

    Government, State Agencies, Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, Military and Veteran's Affairs
    STUDY, GS 143B
  • Bill S 62 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Mar 7 2017 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Changes the number of the proposed statute to GS 143B-1221.1. Changes the due date of the update of the strategic plan to November 1, 2022 (was, 2020).

    Military and Veteran's Affairs
    GS 143B
  • Bill S 62 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Feb 8 2017 - View Summary

    Enacts new GS 143B-1220.1, which requires the Veterans' Affairs Commission (Commission) to adopt a comprehensive strategic plan to enhance benefits for veterans and their dependents. Requires the plan to include specific objectives related to: (1) improving accessibility of health, education, training, counseling, financial, and burial benefits and services to veterans and their dependents; (2) increasing the satisfaction of veterans and their dependents with benefits and services by meeting their expectations for availability, quality, timeliness, and responsiveness; (3) educating and empowering veterans and their dependents through proactive outreach and effective advocacy; and (4) any other topic related to enhancing benefits for veterans and their dependents. Requires the Commission to update the plan every four years, and to annually review the State's performance based on this plan and annually report the results of its review to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government.

    The act also requires the Commission to adopt a strategic plan by November 1, 2018. Requires the Commission to complete its first annual review and its first annual report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government by November 1, 2019, and complete its first update of the strategic plan by November 1, 2020.

    Military and Veteran's Affairs
    GS 143B
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