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Panel approves bill to transfer state veterans homes authority to Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Summary
The subcommittee voted to send Senate Bill 218 forward, aligning statutory authority for veterans homes with the Department of Veterans' Affairs and allowing that department to adopt admissions, discharge, fee and benefits policies; the panel recorded a unanimous favorable roll call
Columbia, S.C. — The House Subcommittee on Veterans and Military Affairs voted Wednesday to recommend Senate Bill 218, which clarifies and transfers statutory authority over South Carolina veterans homes from the Department of Mental Health to the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
The measure allows the Department of Veterans' Affairs to adopt criteria, policies and procedures for admissions and discharges at the state veterans homes, to set and collect resident fees for…
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