HB 2670
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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
House Engrossed
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. Appropriates $50,000 from the State General Fund
(GF) to the Arizona Department of Veteran Services (ADVS) for specified purposes.
History
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. Requires 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. 3)
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. 3)
3. Includes Space Force in the definition of Armed Forces of the United States. (Sec. 1, 2)
4. Appropriates $50,000 from the GF to ADVS in FY 2024 for costs associated with including
Space Force as an enumerated branch. (Sec. 4)
5. Contains a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024. (Sec. 5)
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