Senate File 512 S-3036 Amend Senate File 512 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 35A.14, subsection 4, Code 2019, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 4. Moneys appropriated to or received by the department for 6 providing injured veterans grants under this section may be 7 expended for grants of up to ten thousand dollars to a veteran 8 who is seriously injured or very seriously injured, as defined 9 in the most recently published United States department of 10 defense joint publication 1-02, to provide financial assistance 11 to the veteran so that family members of the veteran may be 12 with the veteran during the veteran’s recovery from an injury 13 received in the line of duty in a combat zone or in a zone where 14 the veteran was receiving hazardous duty pay after September 15 11, 2001. 16 Sec. 2. Section 35A.14, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 17 2019, is amended to read as follows: 18 b. Proof of continued medical care or rehabilitation 19 services may include any reasonably reliable documentation 20 showing that the veteran is receiving continued medical or 21 rehabilitative care as a result of qualifying injuries. Proof 22 that the injury occurred in the line of duty shall be made 23 based upon the circumstances of the injury known at the time of 24 evacuation from the combat zone or zone in which the veteran 25 was receiving hazardous duty pay place where the veteran was 26 injured . 27 Sec. 3. Section 35A.14, Code 2019, is amended by adding the 28 following new subsection: 29 NEW SUBSECTION . 7. The department, the commission, and 30 the national guard shall collaborate on a report regarding the 31 sustainability of future funding for the injured veterans grant 32 program and shall submit their findings and recommendations in 33 a written report to the governor and the general assembly by 34 December 31, 2019. 35 -1- SF512.917 (3) 88 [amending this SF 512 to CONFORM to HF 288] mo/rn 1/ 2 #1.
Sec. 4. Section 272C.4, Code 2019, is amended by adding the 1 following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 12A. a. Establish procedures by January 3 1, 2020, to expedite the licensing of an individual who is 4 licensed in a similar profession or occupation in another state 5 and who is the spouse of an active duty member of the military 6 forces of the United States. 7 b. If the board determines that the professional or 8 occupational licensing requirements of the state where 9 the spouse is licensed are substantially equivalent to the 10 licensing requirements of this state, the procedures shall 11 require the expedited licensing of the spouse in this state. 12 c. If the board determines that the professional or 13 occupational licensing requirements of the state where the 14 spouse is licensed are not substantially equivalent to the 15 professional or occupational licensing requirements of this 16 state, the procedures shall allow the provisional licensing 17 of the spouse for a period of time deemed necessary by the 18 board to obtain a substantial equivalent to the licensing 19 requirements of this state. The board shall advise the 20 spouse of required education or training necessary to obtain 21 a substantial equivalent to the professional or occupational 22 licensing requirements of this state, and the procedures shall 23 provide for licensing of an individual who has, pursuant to 24 this paragraph, obtained a substantial equivalent to the 25 licensing requirements of this state. > 26 ______________________________ JIM CARLIN -2- SF512.917 (3) 88 [amending this SF 512 to CONFORM to HF 288] mo/rn 2/ 2