Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Public Health Committee
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MILITARY SUPPORT PROGRAM
SUMMARY: This act requires the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to work with the state Veterans' Affairs (VA) Department, not just the Department of Children and Families, to provide transitional behavioral health services for members of any reserve component of the U. S. Armed Forces (and their dependents) called to active duty in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
By law, the services are provided to veterans when no Department of Defense (DOD) coverage is available for such services or the veteran is not eligible for them. They must continue until an approved application is received from the federal VA and coverage is available.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
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