CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 718Introduced by Assembly Member TaFebruary 13, 2023 An act to add and repeal Section 716 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 718, as introduced, Ta. 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 establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study to the Legislature no later than July 31, 2025.This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 31, 2025, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2026.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 establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, to include demographics and an analysis of the stressors, risk factors, treatment modalities, barriers to access, suicide rate, and other information deemed relevant.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than July 31, 2025, 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9795 of the Government Code.(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 31, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 718Introduced by Assembly Member TaFebruary 13, 2023 An act to add and repeal Section 716 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 718, as introduced, Ta. 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 establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study to the Legislature no later than July 31, 2025.This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 31, 2025, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2026.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 718
Introduced by Assembly Member TaFebruary 13, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Ta
February 13, 2023
An act to add and repeal Section 716 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 718, as introduced, Ta. 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 establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study to the Legislature no later than July 31, 2025.This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 31, 2025, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2026.
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 establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the study to the Legislature no later than July 31, 2025.
This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 31, 2025, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2026.
## 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 establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, to include demographics and an analysis of the stressors, risk factors, treatment modalities, barriers to access, suicide rate, and other information deemed relevant.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than July 31, 2025, 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 become inoperative on July 31, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, 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 establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, to include demographics and an analysis of the stressors, risk factors, treatment modalities, barriers to access, suicide rate, and other information deemed relevant.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than July 31, 2025, 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 become inoperative on July 31, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.
SECTION 1. Section 716 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
716. (a) The department shall establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, to include demographics and an analysis of the stressors, risk factors, treatment modalities, barriers to access, suicide rate, and other information deemed relevant.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than July 31, 2025, 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 become inoperative on July 31, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.
716. (a) The department shall establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, to include demographics and an analysis of the stressors, risk factors, treatment modalities, barriers to access, suicide rate, and other information deemed relevant.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than July 31, 2025, 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 become inoperative on July 31, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.
716. (a) The department shall establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, to include demographics and an analysis of the stressors, risk factors, treatment modalities, barriers to access, suicide rate, and other information deemed relevant.(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than July 31, 2025, 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 become inoperative on July 31, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.
716. (a) The department shall establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, to include demographics and an analysis of the stressors, risk factors, treatment modalities, barriers to access, suicide rate, and other information deemed relevant.
(b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than July 31, 2025, 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 become inoperative on July 31, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.