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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 861
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3767
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E DEFINITION OF "SERVICE IN TIME OF
WAR" AND STATE RESID ENCY REQUIREMENTS FO R CERTAIN
VETERANS' SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 27-103 of the general 1
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective October 1, 2019): 3
(a) As used in the general statutes, except chapter 504, and except as 4
otherwise provided: (1) "Armed forces" means the United States Army, 5
Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force and any reserve 6
component thereof, including the Connecticut National Guard 7
performing duty as provided in Title 32 of the United States Code, as 8
amended from time to time; (2) "veteran" means any person honorably 9
discharged from, or released under honorable conditions from active 10
service in, the armed forces; (3) "service in time of war" means service 11
of ninety or more cumulative days [except, if the period of war lasted 12
less than ninety days, "service in time of war" means service for the 13
entire period of war,] during a period of war unless separated from 14
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of duty or a service-connected disability rated by the United States 16
Department of Veterans Affairs, [during a period of war] except that if 17
the period of war lasted less than ninety days, "service in time of war" 18
means service for the entire such period of war unless separated 19
because of any such injury or disability; (4) "period of war" has the 20
same meaning as provided in 38 USC 101, as amended from time to 21
time, except that the "Vietnam Era" means the period beginning on 22
February 28, 1961, and ending on July 1, 1975, in all cases; and "period 23
of war" shall include service while engaged in combat or a combat 24
support role in Lebanon, July 1, 1958, to November 1, 1958, or 25
September 29, 1982, to March 30, 1984; Grenada, October 25, 1983, to 26
December 15, 1983; Operation Earnest Will, involving the escort of 27
Kuwaiti oil tankers flying the United States flag in the Persian Gulf, 28
July 24, 1987, to August 1, 1990; and Panama, December 20, 1989, to 29
January 31, 1990, and shall include service during such periods with 30
the armed forces of any government associated with the United States; 31
and (5) "qualifying condition" means a diagnosis of post-traumatic 32
stress disorder or traumatic brain injury made by, or an experience of 33
military sexual trauma, as described in 38 USC 1720D, as amended 34
from time to time, disclosed to, an individual licensed to provide 35
health care services at a United States Department of Veterans Affairs 36
facility. 37
(b) As used in this part, "Veterans Residential Services facility" 38
means the Veterans Residential Services facility in Rocky Hill 39
maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides 40
temporary and other supported residential services for qualifying 41
veterans; "hospital" means any incorporated hospital or tuberculosis 42
sanatorium in the state and any state chronic disease hospital, or 43
hospital for persons with mental illness; "Healthcare Center" means the 44
hospital in Rocky Hill maintained by the Department of Veterans 45
Affairs; "veteran" means any veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of 46
this section, who is a resident of this state; [, provided, if he or she was 47
not a resident or resident alien of this state at the time of enlistment or 48
induction into the armed forces, he or she shall have resided 49 Raised Bill No. 861
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continuously in this state for at least two years;] "eligible dependent" 50
means any parent, wife or husband, or child of a veteran who has no 51
adequate means of support; and "eligible family member" means any 52
parent, brother or sister, wife or husband, or child or children under 53
eighteen years of age, of any veteran whose cooperation in the 54
program is integral to the treatment of the veteran .55
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 27-103(a) and (b)
VA Joint Favorable