Bill Text: CA AB1665 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Veterans’ homes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-06 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Archuleta. [AB1665 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1665-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 11, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 16, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Soria |
February 17, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would authorize a nonveteran spouse or domestic partner previously admitted to a veterans’ home to elect to continue residency in the veterans’ home after a specified event occurs, including the death or discharge of the related veteran member, subject to certain restrictions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1012 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended to read:1012.
(a) Except as provided in Sections 1012.4, 1023, and 1023.1,(d)
(a)A nonveteran spouse or domestic partner previously admitted to a veterans’ home in a joint admission with a veteran may elect to continue residency in the veterans’ home, subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), after any of the following events:
(1)The death of the related veteran member.
(2)The discharge of the related veteran member.
(3)The discharge of the related veteran member for cause.
(4)The marital dissolution or the termination of a domestic partnership between the related veteran member and the nonveteran spouse or domestic partner
following joint admission.
(b)This section does not prohibit a discharge when a nonveteran spouse or domestic partner does any of the following:
(1)Has not resided jointly with the related veteran member in the veterans’ home for at least one year unless the failure to meet this requirement is due to the related veteran member’s death or the related veteran member’s discharge.
(2)Commits a separate violation of the member code of conduct.
(3)Fails to pay member fees.
(4)No longer meets eligibility requirements.
(5)Exceeds the veterans’ home’s treatment limitations.
(6)Poses a risk to the licensure or certification of the veterans’ home.
(c)This section does not apply when the related veteran member is discharged from the veterans’ home pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1012.1 as it pertains to providing false financial and other information on a joint application. A nonveteran spouse shall be discharged jointly with the related veteran member in those circumstances.