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Comprehensive veterans bill proposes phased staffing and funding; counties and schools raise distribution concerns
Summary
HB 4,132 would add long‑range staffing and funding goals for the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs, create a suicide prevention grant program and change county distribution rules; several counties and school‑sector witnesses urged removing or clarifying language tied to the School District Unfunded Liability Fund.
Representative Paul Evans told the House Committee on Emergency Management and Veterans that House Bill 4,132 is a broad, multi‑year initiative to expand capacity at the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs and to protect services for current and aging veteran populations.
Evans said the bill sets a legislative funding intent — referencing restoring the 2015 level of no less than $10,000,000 in general‑fund support (adjusted for inflation) — and phases a set of staff positions so that no general‑fund requests are required in the current biennium. "When this goes through fiscal, they will be surprised because I can…
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