Bill > A4184

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to establish a program within each veterans' memorial home to provide comprehensive support to family members of residents. The purpose of the program is to increase the accessibility of information and resources to family members of residents by placing these services within the veterans' memorial homes. The program shall be administered by the resident advocate of each veterans' memorial home as established by law. The resident advocate will: 1) develop, in cooperation with the Administrator of each veterans' memorial home, a program to provide key information and resources to family members of residents upon request in a timely manner; 2) develop, in cooperation with the Administrator of each veterans' memorial home, a program to provide counseling support to family members of residents; and 3) notify the general public and family members of residents of the veterans' memorial homes that the program established by this section is available to family members. The bill defines "family member" to include any individual who is a New Jersey resident and is the spouse, domestic partner, partner in a civil union, or child, whether of the whole blood or the half blood, or by adoption, of a resident of a State veteran's memorial home.

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Vicky Flynn (R)*,  Michele Matsikoudis (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee (on 04/15/2024)

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