ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

House: MAPS DPA 15-0-0-0

HB2670: state agencies; veterans status; inquiry

Sponsor: Representative Travers, LD 12

Caucus & COW

Overview

Requires all state agencies, boards, commissions and other administrative units of Arizona (agencies) to ask all individuals if they have served in the military, and to provide specified veteran's information for those who have served.

History

The Arizona Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS) provides services to veterans through various means including: 1) the administration of professional benefits counselors located throughout the state; 2) operating skilled-nursing veterans' home facilities to provide short-term and long-term care; and 3) operating veterans' memorial cemeteries (A.R.S. § 41-603).

The Arizona Be Connected program is a statewide effort to reduce deaths by suicide in Arizona military and veteran populations by providing support and resources (BeConnected).

Provisions

1.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRequires all agencies to ask every individual at the initial point of service, and print on each application form, the following question: Have you or a family member ever served in the military? (Sec. 1)

2.   Directs the agency to provide individuals who did serve in the military with a website address and contact information for ADVS and the Be Connected Program. (Sec. 1)

3.   Contains a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024. (Sec. 2)

Amendments

Committee on Military Affairs and Public Safety

1.   Includes Space Force in the definition of Armed Forces of the United States.

2.   Appropriates $50,000 from the State General Fund to ADVS in FY 2024 for costs associated with including Space Force as an enumerated branch.

 

 

 

 

 

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