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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 853

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Relating to: a program to provide outreach, support, and mental health and substance abuse services for veterans, funds for homeless veterans, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Alcohol and other drug abuse Legislature — Finance, joint committee on Mental health Veteran — Relief Veterans affairs, department of Veterinary medicine

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to administer a program

to provide outreach, mental health services, and support to certain individuals who

are serving or who have served in the armed forces and who have a mental health

condition or substance abuse disorder. Under the bill, DVA must provide quarterly

reports to the governor and the Joint Committee on Finance that include the number

of individuals served by the program, the services provided to individuals, and the

types of insurance held by individuals who receive services under the program.

The bill also provides that if DVA receives a notice that it will not receive funds

sufficient to provide services for homeless veterans under its current veterans

assistance program, DVA is required to submit a request to the Joint Committee on

Finance, within 90 days of receiving the notice of insufficient funds, for moneys to

supplement the loss of federal funds.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wirch (D)

20 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , Fields (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Erpenbach, Hansen, Wirch, Bewley, Carpenter, Johnson, Larson, Ringhand, Risser, Vinehout, Wanggaard and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Shankland, Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Hesselbein, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Wachs, Zamarripa and Zepnick

  2. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs

  3. Mar 8, 2018 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1