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16		-	statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof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	27	+	statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2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