Bill Text: HI SCR5 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Programs and Services for Women Veterans and Women on Active Duty

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-02 - (H) Referred to PBM, FIN, referral sheet 58 [SCR5 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SCR5-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	5
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THE HAWAII OFFICE OF VETERANS SERVICES TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF WOMEN VETERANS AND WOMEN ON ACTIVE DUTY.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, women have served honorably and with courage in all of America's wars and conflicts since the American Revolution; and

 

     WHEREAS, nearly fifteen per cent of the United States Armed Forces is comprised of women; and

 

     WHEREAS, the population of women veterans is increasing exponentially and is projected to comprise more than ten per cent of the total veteran population by the year 2020; and

 

     WHEREAS, more than 11,000 women veterans reside in Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, veterans benefits have traditionally been designed to address the needs of male veterans; and

 

     WHEREAS, the circumstances and challenges faced by women veterans, as well as women on active duty, are often different from those of their male counterparts; and

 

     WHEREAS, there is a growing need to improve veterans services to address the specific needs of women veterans in such areas as medical and mental health care, child care services, housing, and financial assistance; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the House of Representatives concurring, that the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Hawaii Office of Veterans Services are urged to develop comprehensive programs and services to address the needs of women veterans and women on active duty; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii Office of Veterans Services is requested to submit a report to the Legislature on the progress made on the development of comprehensive programs and services to address the needs of women veterans and women on active duty no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2013; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Hawaii Office of Veterans Services.

Report Title: 

Programs and Services for Women Veterans and Women on Active Duty