Veteran services: state agencies and departments.

Under existing law, the Department of Veterans Affairs has specified powers and duties relating to veterans. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Veterans Affairs enter into memoranda of understanding or interagency agreements with other state agencies and departments, as specified, to ascertain the veteran status of all persons receiving services, benefits, or assistance from those state agencies and departments, as provided. This bill would authorize the Employment Development Department, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make available in its field offices brochures, forms, and posters in order to inform veterans of benefits and services. This bill also would require the Employment Development Department to collect and send any voluntarily completed forms to the Department of Veterans Affairs on at least a quarterly basis, and to add a link to its Internet Web site that will direct parties to the Department of Veterans Affairs Internet Web site.