CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1935Introduced by Assembly Member VoepelJanuary 16, 2020 An act to add and repeal Section 716 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1935, as introduced, Voepel. Veterans: mental health.Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department, among other services, provides veterans and their dependents and survivors with assistance in processing service-related disability claims, assistance in obtaining affordable housing, and information about health ailments associated with military service.This bill would require the department to study suicide among women veterans and submit a report summarizing their findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2022.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 716 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:716. (a) The department shall conduct a study of suicide among women veterans in California.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than January 1, 2022, a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study pursuant to subdivision (a). The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1935Introduced by Assembly Member VoepelJanuary 16, 2020 An act to add and repeal Section 716 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1935, as introduced, Voepel. Veterans: mental health.Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department, among other services, provides veterans and their dependents and survivors with assistance in processing service-related disability claims, assistance in obtaining affordable housing, and information about health ailments associated with military service.This bill would require the department to study suicide among women veterans and submit a report summarizing their findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2022.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1935
Introduced by Assembly Member VoepelJanuary 16, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Voepel
January 16, 2020
An act to add and repeal Section 716 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1935, as introduced, Voepel. Veterans: mental health.
Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department, among other services, provides veterans and their dependents and survivors with assistance in processing service-related disability claims, assistance in obtaining affordable housing, and information about health ailments associated with military service.This bill would require the department to study suicide among women veterans and submit a report summarizing their findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2022.
Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department, among other services, provides veterans and their dependents and survivors with assistance in processing service-related disability claims, assistance in obtaining affordable housing, and information about health ailments associated with military service.
This bill would require the department to study suicide among women veterans and submit a report summarizing their findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2022.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 716 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:716. (a) The department shall conduct a study of suicide among women veterans in California.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than January 1, 2022, a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study pursuant to subdivision (a). The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 716 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:716. (a) The department shall conduct a study of suicide among women veterans in California.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than January 1, 2022, a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study pursuant to subdivision (a). The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.
SECTION 1. Section 716 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
716. (a) The department shall conduct a study of suicide among women veterans in California.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than January 1, 2022, a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study pursuant to subdivision (a). The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.
716. (a) The department shall conduct a study of suicide among women veterans in California.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than January 1, 2022, a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study pursuant to subdivision (a). The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.
716. (a) The department shall conduct a study of suicide among women veterans in California.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than January 1, 2022, a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study pursuant to subdivision (a). The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.
716. (a) The department shall conduct a study of suicide among women veterans in California.
(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than January 1, 2022, a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study pursuant to subdivision (a). The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.