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This bill modifies the staffing structure of the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services by updating the positions that the director may employ. Specifically, the bill adds a deputy director and a deputy superintendent of the cemetery system, and replaces the existing "veteran claims specialist and veteran service officers" with a "supervisor of veterans' services, a deputy supervisor of veterans' services, and veterans' services officers". The bill maintains the existing requirement that these employees must be veterans who were separated from service with an honorable discharge, as defined by federal law. The changes appear to be aimed at providing more nuanced leadership and organizational structure within the bureau, potentially to improve service delivery and management of veterans' services in Maine.

Military Affairs and Security

https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=58&snum=132