House File 575 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  TYMESON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning eligibility for the injured veterans grant
  2    program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2421YH 83
  5 ec/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35A.14, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  Grants shall be paid in increments of two thousand five
  1  4 hundred dollars, up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars, upon
  1  5 proof that the veteran has been evacuated from the operational
  1  6 theater in which the veteran was injured to a military
  1  7 hospital or that the veteran has suffered a serious injury
  1  8 requiring lengthy hospitalization at a military hospital, for
  1  9 an injury received in the line of duty and shall continue to
  1 10 be paid, at thirty=day intervals, up to the maximum amount, so
  1 11 long as the veteran is hospitalized or receiving medical care
  1 12 or rehabilitation services authorized by the military.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill provides that a veteran who has suffered a
  1 15 serious injury in the line of duty requiring lengthy
  1 16 hospitalization at a military hospital but who wasn't
  1 17 evacuated from the operational theater in which the veteran
  1 18 was injured to a military hospital is eligible under the
  1 19 injured veterans grant program.
  1 20 LSB 2421YH 83
  1 21 ec/nh/24