BILL NUMBER: AB 1565	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Ammiano  ) 

                        JANUARY 29, 2014

   An act to add Section 9103.2 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1565, as amended, V. Manuel Pérez. California Department of
Aging: grants: LGBT veteran services.
   Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older  Californian's
  Californians  Act, establishes the California
Department of Aging and sets forth its duties and powers, including,
among other things, administering all programs under the act and the
federal Older Americans Act of 1965, which includes providing
technical assistance to area agencies on aging, program managers,
staff, and volunteers providing services. Existing law provides
findings and declarations relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender  (LGBT)  seniors and requires each area
agency on aging to include the needs of  LGBT  
lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT)  seniors in
 their   its  needs assessment and area
plans.
   This bill would authorize the Director of the California
Department of Aging to provide grants, to the extent appropriations
are made  available, for   for this purpose, to
 nonprofit organizations with experience providing 
culturally competent  services and training  to
  that are culturally competent and sensitive to issues
relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
The bill would require  nonprofit organizations receiving
those grant funds to, among other things,  provide training,
outreach, and education to agencies, individuals, and other
appropriate entities that provide services to veterans who are elder
and  lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.  
LGBT. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 9103.2 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   9103.2.   (a)    The Director of the California
Department of Aging may, to the extent appropriations are made
 available,   for this purpose, provide
grants  for   to  nonprofit organizations
with experience providing culturally competent 
services and  training,   training that are
culturally competent and sensitive to issues relating to the lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender community.  
   (b) (1) Nonprofit organizations receiving grants under this
section shall use grant funds to do all of the following:  
   (A) Provide outreach to elder veterans who are lesbian, gay,
bisexual, or transgender (LGBT).  
   (B) Refer, as appropriate, elder, LGBT veterans to agencies,
individuals, and other appropriate entities that provide services to
elder, LGBT veterans.  
   (C) Provide training, outreach, and education to, and coordinate
with, agencies, individuals, and other appropriate entities that
provide services to elder, LGBT veterans.  
   (2) For the purposes of this subdivision, an appropriate entity
that provides services to elder, LGBT veterans includes, but is not
limited to, organizations authorized to prepare, present, and
prosecute a claim before the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs, such as county veterans' service offices and congressionally
chartered veterans service organizations. 
    (c)     Grants made pursuant to this
section shall be awarded  through a request for proposal
 process, to provide training, outreach, and education to
agencies, individuals, and other appropriate entities that provide
services to veterans who are elder and lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
transgender.   process.