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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 491

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requirements for employment as the commandant at a veterans home.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) is required to employ a

commandant for the veterans homes at King and at Union Grove, and may employ

a commandant for the veterans home at Chippewa Falls. The commandants are

state unclassified civil servants. Current law does not include any specific

requirements for employment as a commandant of a veterans home. Each veterans

home has a nursing home as part of the home.

This bill prohibits DVA from employing a person as a commandant of a veterans

home unless the person is a veteran and is licensed as a nursing home administrator.

Under the bill, a person who is a current commandant of a veterans home has six

months after the bill is enacted to obtain a license as a nursing home administrator.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Brooks (R) , Kerkman (R) , Knodl (R) , Nass (R) , Petersen (R) , Suder (R) , Townsend (R) , Vos (R)

3 cosponsors

Kreitlow (D) , Olsen (R) , Vinehout (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 13, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petersen, Suder, Vos, Kerkman, Brooks, A. Ott, Knodl, Nass and Townsend;Cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Kreitlow and Vinehout

  2. Oct 13, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1