Sponsored by:
Assemblyman   JOHN ARMATO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman   VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman   HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
 
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Tully and Assemblywoman Swain
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS
        Requires DMVA veterans    memorial homes to hold quarterly town hall meetings with veterans    guardians.
 
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
        As introduced.
   
An Act concerning regular meetings with guardians of veterans residing in Department of Military and Veterans    Affairs memorial homes and supplementing P.L.1993, c.281 (C.38A:3-2b2 et seq.).
 
        Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
 
        1.  The Division of Veterans    Administrative Services in the Department of Military and Veterans    Affairs shall ensure that each veterans    memorial home shall hold quarterly town hall meetings with all veterans    guardians appointed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.281 (C.38A:3-2b2 et seq.), and persons otherwise having the veteran   s power of attorney.
 
        2.       This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
STATEMENT
 
        Under current law, a family member or other person may be appointed as the guardian of a veteran residing in a Department of Military and Veterans    Affairs (DMVA) memorial home.  
        This bill requires the Division of Veterans    Administrative Services in the DMVA to ensure that each veterans    memorial home holds quarterly town hall meetings with all veterans    guardians, and persons otherwise having the veteran   s power of attorney.