Legislation - HB0699

Title: General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge
Sponsored by: Delegates Allen, Bhandari, Boyce, Ebersole, Fair, Forbes, Guyton, D. Jones, Kaiser, R. Lewis, Lopez, Martinez, McCaskill, Rogers, Stein, Vogel, and White Holland
Status: In the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Analysis

Synopsis

Defining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges based on an incident or incidents relating to a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury made by an individual licensed to provide health care services at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility or an experience of sexual trauma disclosed to a certain individual at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility.

Committees

Original:: Health and Government Operations

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0491

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/24/2025 Legislative Date 1/24/2025 Action First Reading Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/24/2025	1/24/2025	First Reading Health and Government Operations
			Text - First - General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge

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