Sponsored by:
Assemblyman   ERIC HOUGHTALING
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman   GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman   ANNETTE CHAPARRO
District 33 (Hudson)
 
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Swain and Assemblyman Tully
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS
        Requires DMVA veterans    memorial homes to communicate with veterans    guardians via at least two communication means.
 
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
        As introduced.
   
An Act concerning means of communication 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 communicate updates to each veteran   s guardian appointed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.281 (C.38A:3-2b2 et seq.), and each person otherwise having the veteran   s power of attorney, through a minimum of two communication means, which shall include regular mail, email, text message, and voice.
 
        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 communicates updates to each veteran   s guardian, and each person otherwise having the veteran   s power of attorney,   through a minimum of two communication means, which must include regular mail, email, text message, and voice.