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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 952
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAINING
MANUAL AND TRAINING PROGRAM ON CERTAIN H EALTH
CONDITIONS COMMON TO VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) (1) The Commissioner 1
of Veterans Affairs shall develop, within available resources, a training 2
manual for employers on the topic of mental health conditions 3
common to veterans, including post-traumatic stress disorder, risk of 4
suicide, depression and grief. Such training manual shall provide 5
guidance on (A) identifying the signs and symptoms of such mental 6
health conditions, and (B) assisting employees who are veterans and 7
who exhibit such signs and symptoms in the workplace. Such training 8
manual shall be published on the respective Internet web sites of the 9
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Labor Department. 10
(2) For purposes of this subsection, "employer" means a person 11
engaged in business who has employees, including the state and any 12
political subdivisions of the state. 13 Raised Bill No. 952
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(b) The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall develop, within 14
available resources, a training program for providers of vocational 15
rehabilitation services, as defined in subdivision (2) of section 17b-650 16
of the general statutes, on the topic of mental health conditions 17
common to veterans, including post-traumatic stress disorder, risk of 18
suicide, depression and grief. Such training program shall provide 19
guidance on (1) identifying the signs and symptoms of such mental 20
health conditions, and (2) assisting recipients of vocational 21
rehabilitation services who are veterans and who exhibit such signs 22
and symptoms in the course of receiving such services. Such training 23
program shall be used by the Department of Rehabilitation Services in 24
training or instruction provided by said department pursuant to 25
subsection (b) of section 17b-655 of the general statutes. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to develop (1) a
training manual for employers on certain veterans' health issues, and
(2) a training program for vocational rehabilitation service providers
on such issues.
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except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]