PRINTER'S NO. 1458
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1231
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, GABLER, MURT, SACCONE, CHARLTON, BARRAR,
CALTAGIRONE, BULLOCK, RYAN, V. BROWN, MILLARD, ROZZI,
McNEILL, JAMES, STAATS, DRISCOLL, BOBACK, IRVIN, DOWLING AND
R. BROWN, APRIL 17, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 17, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs, providing for veterans registry.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 712. Veterans registry.
(a) Establishment of veterans registry.--The department
shall establish a registry of veterans residing in this
Commonwealth in order to provide information on available State
benefits, programs and services to registered veterans.
(b) Coordination with State agencies.--The department shall,
in coordination with other State agencies that have contact with
veterans, establish a system for State agencies to communicate
to the department information about veterans who wish to be
included in the registry. The department shall develop
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procedures and forms as deemed necessary to facilitate the
implementation of this subsection, including an opt-out
provision for veterans who choose not to be included in the
registry.
(c) Duties of State agencies.--State agencies under
subsection (b) shall:
(1) Develop a mechanism to identify veterans the agency
serves for the purpose of expanding the registry.
(2) For each veteran who wishes to be included in the
registry, provide to the department sufficient information
for the department to add the veteran to the registry.
(d) Use of information.--Information collected under this
section for the registry may not be sold or used for commercial
purposes or otherwise used for purposes not specified under this
section.
(e) Report.--By July 31, 2018, and each year thereafter, the
department shall submit to the chairperson and minority
chairperson of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness
Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority
chairperson of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness
Committee of the House of Representatives a report on the
registry to include:
(1) Active membership.
(2) Referrals received by other State agencies.
(3) Number of individuals that opted out of inclusion in
the registry.
(4) Outreach expenses incurred by the department.
(f) Guidelines.--The Adjutant General shall adopt and
promulgate guidelines necessary to carry out the provisions of
this section.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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