CHAPTER 130
HB 49 – FINAL VERSION
21Mar2007… 0042h
2007 SESSION
09/10
HOUSE BILL 49
AN ACT relative to eligibility for admittance to the New Hampshire veterans’ home.
SPONSORS: Rep. D. Smith, Hills 22; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10; Rep. L’Heureux, Hills 19; Rep. Griffin, Rock 4; Rep. P. Garrity, Hills 14; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Foster, Dist 13
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This bill waives the one-year state residency requirement for admittance to the New Hampshire veterans’ home for certain veterans.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21Mar2007… 0042h
07-0276
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to eligibility for admittance to the New Hampshire veterans’ home.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
130:1 New Hampshire Veterans’ Home; Eligibility for Admittance. Amend RSA 119:1 to read as follows:
119:1 Establishment.
I. There is established in this state a home known as the New Hampshire veterans’ home for the support, care, and treatment of veterans who have served on active duty in time of war for a period of at least 90 days in the armed forces of the United States as defined by 38 U.S.C. section 101 and have been honorably discharged therefrom. Except as provided in paragraph II, the veteran shall have been a resident of the state of New Hampshire for at least one year next preceding the veteran’s application.
II. The one-year residency requirement shall be waived for the following veterans:
(a) A veteran whose DD214 certificate or any document used by the veterans’ home for admission states a New Hampshire address as his or her home of record upon discharge from active duty.
(b) An active duty veteran who has a New Hampshire address as his or her home of record and who is being discharged directly from a medical facility.
III. The care of veterans under this section includes nursing care, assisted living, domiciliary, day care, dementia, chemical dependency and psychiatric services, and other related services and programs for any veteran otherwise eligible for admittance. Such services and programs shall be provided at the veterans’ home or contracted through other organizations and facilities, both within and outside of New Hampshire.
130:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
Approved: June 18, 2007
Effective: July 1, 2007