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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERAN S' |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOME |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senator Walter S. Felag |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: April 25, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs |
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| 20 | 20 | | (Veterans) |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 30-24-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 30-24 entitled "Rhode Island 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Veterans’ Home" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 30-24-3. Administrator — Advisory council. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) The director of veterans services shall appoint an administrator for the Rhode Island 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | veterans’ home who shall be an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Armed Forces 5 |
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| 28 | | - | the most qualified applicant who has been issued a nursing home administrator license pursuant to 6 |
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| 29 | | - | chapter 45 of title 5. In reviewing the applicants, the director shall consider an applicant's military 7 |
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| 30 | | - | service as a factor in the process of determining the most qualified applicant. 8 |
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| 31 | | - | (b) There shall be an advisory council for veterans’ affairs, consisting of not more than 9 |
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| 32 | | - | fifteen (15) qualified electors of this state, ten (10) of whom shall be honorably discharged veterans 10 |
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| 33 | | - | of the armed forces of the United States; twelve (12) of the members shall be appointed by the 11 |
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| 34 | | - | governor, consisting of a member designated by each of the various state departments of the active 12 |
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| 35 | | - | federally chartered veteran organizations, and the remaining member or members at large; 13 |
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| 36 | | - | provided, however, that each of those departments of veteran organizations shall have, and continue 14 |
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| 37 | | - | to have, at least one member on the advisory council for veterans’ affairs; and, provided further, 15 |
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| 38 | | - | that one member shall be a female veteran, one member shall be a minority veteran; one member 16 |
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| 39 | | - | of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and 17 |
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| 40 | | - | one member from the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate. The members of the 18 |
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| 28 | + | have been issued a nursing home administrator license pursuant to chapter 45 of title 5. 6 |
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| 29 | + | (b) There shall be an advisory council for veterans’ affairs, consisting of not more than 7 |
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| 30 | + | fifteen (15) qualified electors of this state, ten (10) of whom shall be honorably discharged veterans 8 |
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| 31 | + | of the armed forces of the United States; twelve (12) of the members shall be appointed by the 9 |
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| 32 | + | governor, consisting of a member designated by each of the various state departments of the active 10 |
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| 33 | + | federally chartered veteran organizations, and the remaining member or members at large; 11 |
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| 34 | + | provided, however, that each of those departments of veteran organizations shall have, and continue 12 |
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| 35 | + | to have, at least one member on the advisory council for veterans’ affairs; and, provided further, 13 |
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| 36 | + | that one member shall be a female veteran, one member shall be a minority veteran; one member 14 |
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| 37 | + | of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and 15 |
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| 38 | + | one member from the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate. The members of the 16 |
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| 39 | + | general assembly who shall serve on the advisory council for veterans’ affairs shall serve so long 17 |
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| 40 | + | as they are members of the general assembly. The final remaining member shall be an active 18 |
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| 61 | | - | This act would require that the administrator for the Rhode Island veterans' home be the 1 |
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| 62 | | - | most qualified applicant possessing a nursing home administrator license pursuant to chapter 45 of 2 |
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| 63 | | - | title 5. The act would remove the requirements that an applicant be an honorably discharged 3 |
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| 64 | | - | veteran, but military service would be a factor to be considered in determining the most qualified 4 |
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| 65 | | - | applicant. 5 |
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| 66 | | - | This act would take effect upon passage. 6 |
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| 59 | + | This act would require that the administrator for the Rhode Island veterans' home be a 1 |
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| 60 | + | licensed nursing home administrator and would remove the requirement that the administrator be 2 |
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| 61 | + | an honorably discharged veteran. 3 |
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| 62 | + | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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