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GA HR1229
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/28/2024
Primary Sponsor
Lynn Heffner
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AI Summary
- Georgia House of Representatives urges the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide additional resources for elder care, nursing home access, and expanded disabled residential programs for veteran communities
- Notes that the 2022 PACT Act, while expanding health care for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals from WWII through the Gulf War, fell short of addressing quality-of-life assisted living and elder care needs
- References Georgia's significant military presence, including 13 federal DoD installations and 54 National Guard and Reserve Units, as well as the January 28, 2024, deaths of three Georgia-based service members killed by a drone strike in Jordan
- Highlights a 2019 effort by the Georgia General Assembly to secure $1 million in start-up funding for a state veterans cemetery on 219 acres of $10 million state-owned property near Augusta, which was rejected and downgraded from 22nd to 35th on the VA Cemetery Grant Program priority list
- Directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Georgia Congressional delegation, the public, and the press
Legislative Description
United States Department of Veterans Affairs; additional resources for elder care, nursing home access, and expanded disabled residential programs; urge; provide
Last Action
House Passed/Adopted
3/28/2024
Committee Referrals
Defense and Veterans Affairs2/26/2024
Full Bill Text
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