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Committee adopts amendment requiring VA accreditation for agents who assist veterans; bill 584 passes
Summary
A state legislative committee adopted an amendment that inserts federal language requiring accreditation by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for agents and attorneys who assist veterans with benefit claims, then voted to pass bill 584 as amended.
A state legislative committee adopted an amendment that requires agents or attorneys who assist veterans with benefits claims to be accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, then passed bill 584 as amended.
Committee members said the amendment adopts federal language into state law to establish the accreditation requirement. “What we did is in we took the federal statute, which is in federal law, and just transferred it to the state legislation,” one legislator said during…
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