Sec. 27-102n. Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Members. Duties. Annual Report.
Sec. 27-102n. Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Members. Duties. Annual Report. (a) There shall be a Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans' Affairs. The board shall be comprised of the commissioner and sixteen
members who by education or experience shall be qualified in health care, business
management, social services or law and who shall have a demonstrated interest in the
concerns of veterans. A majority of the members of the board shall be veterans, including
veterans of World War II, the Korean hostilities and the Vietnam era. Members shall
be appointed as follows: Ten by the Governor who shall serve at the pleasure of the
Governor and one member each by the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker
of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader
of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority
leader of the House of Representatives, whose terms shall be coterminous with the term
of the appointing authority. Members shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their
duties. They shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed
for their reasonable expenses in the performance of their duties.
(b) The board shall meet at least quarterly and upon the call of the commissioner.
A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.
(c) The board shall advise and assist the commissioner in the operation of the Veterans' Home, the veterans' advocacy and assistance unit, the administration, expansion
or modification of existing programs and services of the department and the development
of new programs and services.
(d) The board shall review and approve any regulations prior to adoption by the
commissioner concerning: (1) Procedures relating to admission and discharge or transfer
of veterans in the home; (2) a per diem fee schedule for programs, services and benefits
provided therein; and (3) the participation of eligible family members in programs or
services provided by the home.
(e) The board shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public
safety and the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to military and veterans' affairs, in accordance with the provisions of section
11-4a, on its activities with its recommendations, if any, for improving the delivery of
services to veterans and the addition of new programs.
(P.A. 88-285, S. 8, 35; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 38, 55; P.A. 01-58; P.A. 04-41, S. 1; 04-169, S. 4; P.A. 05-288,
S. 122; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 19.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 in Subsec. (a) replaced the advisory board for the veterans' assistance unit and the
board of trustees for the Veterans' Home and Hospital with a board of trustees for the department of veterans' affairs and
made corresponding technical changes in Subsecs. (b) to (e), inclusive; P.A. 01-58 changed meeting schedule in Subsec.
(b) from monthly to quarterly and made a technical change in Subsec. (d); P.A. 04-41 amended Subsec. (a) to increase
membership on the board from 9 to 16 members, to specify that veterans who shall be a majority of the members of the
board include veterans of World War II, the Korean hostilities and the Vietnam era, to require the Governor to appoint 10
members and the 6 legislative leaders to appoint one member each, whose term is coterminous with the term of the
appointing authority, and amended Subsec. (e) to require the board to submit an annual report to the public safety committee
of the General Assembly; P.A. 04-169 amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate provision that requires deputy commissioner of
the veterans' advocacy and assistance unit to be a nonvoting member of the board, and amended Subsecs. (c) and (d) to
eliminate references to "and hospital", effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective
July 13, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (e) to require board to submit an annual report to the select
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to military and veterans' affairs, effective June
30, 2005.