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Kansas Office of Veterans Services outlines services, plans bill to clarify veteran definition
Summary
Kansas Office of Veterans Services (KOVS) executives described agency operations, said they will seek a statutory clarification of the definition of “veteran,” and announced a statewide claims clinic at the Prairie Band Conference Center in May.
Bill Turner, executive director of the Kansas Office of Veterans Services, told the Committee on Veterans and Military the agency provides two veterans homes, four state veterans cemeteries and field-based veteran services across Kansas, and represents roughly "350 to 400,000 veterans and their families and their dependents" in the state.
Turner said the agency has begun drafting one bill "to further clarify the…
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