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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
October 13, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Petersen, Suder, Vos, Kerkman,
Brooks, A. Ott, Knodl, Nass and Townsend, cosponsored by Senators Olsen,
Kreitlow and Vinehout. Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military
Affairs.
AB491,1,2
1An Act to create 45.50 (1) (am) of the statutes;
relating to: requirements for
2employment as the commandant at a veterans home.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) is required to employ a
commandant for the veterans homes at King and at Union Grove, and may employ
a commandant for the veterans home at Chippewa Falls. The commandants are
state unclassified civil servants. Current law does not include any specific
requirements for employment as a commandant of a veterans home. Each veterans
home has a nursing home as part of the home.
This bill prohibits DVA from employing a person as a commandant of a veterans
home unless the person is a veteran and is licensed as a nursing home administrator.
Under the bill, a person who is a current commandant of a veterans home has six
months after the bill is enacted to obtain a license as a nursing home administrator.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB491, s. 1
3Section
1. 45.50 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB491,1,64
45.50
(1) (am) The department may not employ a person as the commandant
5of a veterans home unless that person is a veteran and is licensed as a nursing home
6administrator under ch. 456.
AB491,2,52
(1) Notwithstanding section 45.50 (1) (am) of the statutes, as created by this
3act, any person who is currently employed as the commandant of a veterans home
4may continue as the commandant for not more than 6 months after the effective date
5of this subsection without obtaining a license as a nursing home administrator.
