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	11	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6316
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	16	+	Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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14	24		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E EVALUATION OF MILITARY TRAINING
15	25		EVALUATION APPLICATIONS SUBMITT ED TO THE LABOR
16	26		DEPARTMENT.
17	27		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	28		Assembly convened:
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20	30		Section 1. Section 31-22u of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
21	31		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 2
22	32		Any member of the armed forces or National Guard or any veteran, 3
23		-	within [two~~] five~~ years of such veteran's discharge from the armed 4
24		-	~~forces, may~~ submit an application for military training evaluation to the 5
25		-	~~Labor~~ Department program of apprentice training set forth in section 6
26		-	~~31-22q.~~ Such application shall include (1) evidence of satisfactory 7
27		-	~~completion of~~ a program or course of instruction as part of military 8
28		-	~~training that is~~ equivalent in content and quality to that required for a 9
29		-	~~specific trade in~~ this state, and (2) if such applicant is a veteran, such 10
30		-	~~veteran's military~~ discharge document or a certified copy thereof. The 11
31		-	~~Labor~~ Commissioner, the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs and the 12
	33	+	within two years of such veteran's discharge from the armed forces, may 4
	34	+	submit an application for military training evaluation to the Labor 5
	35	+	Department program of apprentice training set forth in section 31-22q. 6
	36	+	Such application shall include (1) evidence of satisfactory completion of 7
	37	+	a program or course of instruction as part of military training that is 8
	38	+	equivalent in content and quality to that required for a specific trade in 9
	39	+	this state, and (2) if such applicant is a veteran, such veteran's military 10
	40	+	discharge document or a certified copy thereof. The Labor 11
	41	+	Commissioner, the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs and the 12
32	42		Commissioner of Consumer Protection, or the commissioners' 13
33	43		designees, shall evaluate any such application and determine whether 14
34	44		the applicant's military training may be substituted for all or part of the 15
35		-	term of an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor 16
36		-	Department for a specific trade. If the [commissioner determines] 17 Substitute Bill No. 6316
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	50	+	term of an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor 16
	51	+	Department for a specific trade. If the [commissioner determines] 17
43	52		commissioners, or the commissioners' designees, jointly determine that 18
44	53		the applicant's military training is equivalent to the training required for 19
45	54		completion of such apprenticeship program, the [commissioner] Labor 20
46	55		Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall issue such 21
47	56		applicant a recommendation for review by the appropriate examining 22
48	57		board established under section 20-331. Presentation of such 23
49	58		recommendation, pursuant to section 20-333, shall allow such applicant 24
50	59		to sit for any licensure examination without participation in an 25
51	60		apprenticeship program. If the [commissioner determines] 26
52	61		commissioners, or the commissioners' designees, jointly determine that 27
53	62		the applicant's military training is equivalent to part of the training 28
54	63		required for completion of an apprenticeship program, such applicant's 29
55	64		hours of qualified military training, as determined jointly by the 30
56	65		[commissioner] commissioners, or the commissioners' designees, shall 31
57	66		be deducted from the hours of apprenticeship training required for the 32
58	67		specific trade provided (A) such applicant completes the minimum 33
59	68		number of hours of apprenticeship training required under federal law, 34
60	69		and (B) prior to implementation of this provision, the Labor Department 35
61	70		obtains concurrence with such provision from the federal office of 36
62	71		apprenticeship pursuant to 29 CFR 29.13(b)(9). For the purposes of this 37
63	72		section, (i) "veteran" means any person who was discharged or released 38
64	73		under conditions other than dishonorable from active service in the 39
65	74		armed forces, (ii) "armed forces" has the same meaning as provided in 40
66	75		section 27-103, and (iii) "military discharge document" has the same 41
67	76		meaning as provided in section 1-219. 42
68	77		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
69	78		sections:
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71	80		Section 1 October 1, 2021 31-22u
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	87	+	Statement of Purpose:
	88	+	To require the Labor Commissioner, the Commissioner of Veterans
	89	+	Affairs and the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, or the
	90	+	commissioners' designees, to jointly evaluate military training
	91	+	applications to the Labor Department's program of apprenticeship
	92	+	training.
	93	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	94	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	95	+	underlined.]
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	97	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. WELANDER, 114th Dist.
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	99	+	H.B. 6316
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