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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Committee Approved)

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Veterans Claims Agents

Item 413 #1h

Item 413 #1h

First Year - FY2011 Second Year - FY2012
Public Safety
Veterans Services, Department of FY2011 $0 FY2012 $166,089 GF

Language
Page 346, line 38, strike "$5,753,032" and insert "$5,919,121".
Page 346, line 41, strike "$5,753,032" and insert "$5,919,121".
Page 347, after line 8, insert:
"D.  Included in the appropriations for this item is $248,395 the second year from the general fund to ensure that the department provides one veterans claims officer for every 26,212 veterans residing in the Commonwealth."


Explanation
(This amendment provides general fund support for the addition of four veterans claims officers to ensure that the Department of Veterans Services provides one veterans claims officer for every 26,212 veterans residing in the Commonwealth. This level of service was approved by the General Assembly during its 2005 Session, but the number of veterans living in the Commonwealth has increased from 786,000 to 823,000. The amendment redirects new funding for a training position to the provision of veterans claims officers.)