Pennsylvania HB 2086: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2682
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2086
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, HILL-EVANS, McNEILL, PIELLI, PROBST,
SANCHEZ, GUENST, K.HARRIS, HADDOCK, DOUGHERTY, NEILSON,
D. WILLIAMS, PARKER AND FRANKEL, DECEMBER 9, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, DECEMBER 9, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs, repealing provisions relating to advisory councils
for veterans' homes; in the Adjutant General, further
providing for general powers and duties of Adjutant General;
in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for
Veterans' Affairs, repealing provisions relating to veterans'
home hall of fame; and providing for State veterans' homes
and establishing the State Veterans' Home Board.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 704 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is repealed:
[§ 704. Advisory councils for veterans' homes.
(a) Establishment of advisory council.--There is hereby
established an advisory council for each veterans' home operated
by the Commonwealth to provide stakeholders with a means to
advise the Adjutant General on the resident care, management,
operations and compliance of facilities and services in
veterans' homes to ensure high-quality health care and well-
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being for residents of veterans' homes. Each advisory council
shall consist of 15 members and the Adjutant General or the
Adjutant General's designee, who shall serve ex officio. The
following shall apply:
(1) Ten of the members shall be appointed by the
Governor from a list of nominations submitted to the Adjutant
General by the Pennsylvania War Veterans' Council. Appointees
under this paragraph shall be veterans from the local
community of the veterans' home.
(2) Three of the members shall be appointed by the
Governor from a list of nominations submitted to the Adjutant
General by current residents of the veterans' home and shall
include a family member of a current or former resident of
the veterans' home.
(3) The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President pro tempore of the Senate shall each appoint one
member from their respective bodies to serve on each council.
(4) The department shall designate a subject matter
expert to attend each advisory council's meeting to provide
input on the resident care, management, operations and
compliance of facilities and services in each veterans' home.
(b) Term of office and officers.--
(1) Each member of the councils appointed from the
General Assembly shall serve for the duration of that General
Assembly. Except as provided under paragraph (2), the
thirteen members appointed by the Governor shall serve a term
of three years.
(2) The initial thirteen members selected by the
Governor on or after the effective date of this paragraph
shall serve as follows: four members for one year, four
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members for two years and five members for three years as
designated by the Governor.
(3) Each council shall organize as soon as possible and
shall annually elect a president, vice president and
secretary from the voting members.
(c) Removal for cause.--The members appointed by the
Governor may be removed by the Governor for cause.
(d) Quorum and time of meetings.--Six members of a council
shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the
business of the council. Each advisory council shall meet at
least quarterly and at other times at the call of the president.
Each advisory council shall conduct meetings in accordance with
65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).
(e) Expenses.--Members of each advisory council shall
receive no compensation for their services but shall receive
reimbursement for their necessary and proper expenses for
attendance at meetings.
(f) Power and duty of advisory councils.--Each veterans'
home advisory council shall advise the Adjutant General as to
the resident care, management, operation and the compliance of
facilities and services at their respective homes.
(g) Annual reports.--Each advisory council shall submit an
annual report to the department that identifies the work of the
advisory council, includes an overall assessment of the resident
care, management, operations and compliance of facilities and
services in each veterans' home and provides recommendations.
The department shall submit a consolidated report on the annual
reports submitted by each advisory council under this subsection
to the Adjutant General and the chair and minority chair of the
Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the
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Senate and the chair and