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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 356
February Session, 2020
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E MAILING OF INFORMATION
REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION TO
CERTAIN VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2020) The Commissioner of 1
Veterans Affairs shall mail to any veteran, as defined in section 27-103 2
of the general statutes, who received a medal pursuant to section 27-73e 3
of the general statutes, information concerning (1) available federal and 4
state veterans' benefits and the eligibility requirements for such benefits, 5
and (2) suicide prevention. 6
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2020 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to mail to certain
veterans information concerning veterans' benefits and suicide
prevention. Raised Bill No. 356
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