Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ERIC HOUGHTALING
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE CHAPARRO
District 33 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Swain and Assemblyman Tully
SYNOPSIS
Requires DMVA veterans’ memorial homes to communicate with veterans’ guardians via at least two communication means.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning means of communication with guardians of veterans residing in Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs memorial homes and supplementing P.L.1993, c.281 (C.38A:3-2b2 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Division of Veterans’ Administrative Services in the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs shall ensure that each veterans’ memorial home shall communicate updates to each veteran’s guardian appointed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.281 (C.38A:3-2b2 et seq.), and each person otherwise having the veteran’s power of attorney, through a minimum of two communication means, which shall include regular mail, email, text message, and voice.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Under current law, a family member or other person may be appointed as the guardian of a veteran residing in a Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs (DMVA) memorial home.
This bill requires the Division of Veterans’ Administrative Services in the DMVA to ensure that each veterans’ memorial home communicates updates to each veteran’s guardian, and each person otherwise having the veteran’s power of attorney, through a minimum of two communication means, which must include regular mail, email, text message, and voice.