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 PAG LIN 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