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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1112                         PRINTER'S NO.   1303
                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1086
                                               Session of
                                                 2023
     INTRODUCED BY TAKAC, HOHENSTEIN, PROBST, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS,
        CIRESI, MADDEN, McNEILL, SOLOMON, GILLEN, KHAN, CERRATO,
        HADDOCK, GUENST, DELLOSO, O'MARA, D. WILLIAMS, SHUSTERMAN,
        HANBIDGE, SCHWEYER, KINSEY AND FLEMING, MAY 2, 2023
     AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
        PREPAREDNESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED,
        MAY 23, 2023
                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs,
 3      further providing for veterans registry; and making an
 4      editorial change.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Chapter 7 heading of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
 8   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 9                                 CHAPTER 7
10                DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
11      Section 2.    Section 712(f) of Title 51 is amended and the
12   section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
13   § 712.   Veterans registry.
14      * * *
15      (e.1)   Community outreach.--The department may transmit
16   information collected under this section to county directors of      <--
17   veterans affairs for use in community outreach under the PA
 1   VETConnect Program established in section 714 (relating to PA
 2   VETConnect Program). VETERAN AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PARTNERS WHO <--
 3   PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH UNDER THE PA VETCONNECT
 4   PROGRAM OR ANY PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
 5      (f)   Report.--By [January 1, 2018, and each January 1
 6   thereafter] February 1 of each year, the department shall submit
 7   to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Veterans
 8   Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the Senate and
 9   the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Veterans Affairs
10   and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the House of
11   Representatives a report on the registry which shall include:
12            (1)    The total number of veterans registered with the
13      department annually.
14            (2)    The number of registrants received by each State
15      agency.
16            [(3)    The number of veterans who choose not to be
17      included in the registry annually from each State agency.]
18            (4)    Outreach expenses incurred by the department.
19      * * *
20      Section 3.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected: 
Printer's No. 1112: 
Printer's No. 1303: 