RCW 43.60A.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Committee” means the veterans affairs advisory committee. (2) “Department” means the department of veterans affairs. (3) “Director” means the director of the department of veterans affairs. (4) “Goods and services” […]
RCW 43.60A.020 Department created—Powers, duties, and functions. There is hereby created a department of state government to be known as the department of veterans affairs. Powers, duties, and functions to be vested in the department shall include, but not be limited to, all those powers, duties, and functions involving cooperation with other governmental units, such […]
RCW 43.60A.030 Director—Qualifications—Salary—Vacancy. The executive head and appointing authority of the department shall be the director of veterans affairs. The director shall be an honorably discharged or retired veteran of the armed forces of the United States and shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and shall serve at the […]
RCW 43.60A.040 General powers and duties of director. The director of the department of veterans affairs shall have the power and it shall be the director’s duty: (1) To conduct, control, and supervise the department; (2) To appoint and employ and to determine the powers and duties together with the salaries and other expenses of […]
RCW 43.60A.050 Deputy director—Assistant directors. The director may appoint a deputy director and assistant directors as shall be needed to administer the department, all of whom shall be veterans. The deputy shall have charge and general supervision of the department in the absence or disability of the director, and in case of a vacancy in […]
RCW 43.60A.060 Delegation of powers and duties. The director may delegate any power or duty vested in or transferred to the director by law or executive order to a deputy director or to any other assistant or subordinate, but the director shall be responsible for the official acts of the officers and employees of the […]
RCW 43.60A.070 Additional powers and duties of director. In addition to other powers and duties, the director is authorized: (1) To cooperate with officers and agencies of the United States in all matters affecting veterans affairs; (2) To accept grants, donations, and gifts on behalf of this state for veterans affairs from any person, corporation, […]
RCW 43.60A.075 Powers as to state veterans’ homes. The director of the department of veterans affairs shall have full power to manage and govern the state soldiers’ home and colony, the Washington veterans’ home, the eastern Washington veterans’ home, and the Walla Walla veterans’ home. [ 2014 c 184 § 8; 2001 2nd sp.s. c […]
RCW 43.60A.080 Veterans affairs advisory committee—Created—Membership—Terms—Powers and duties. (1) There is hereby created a veterans affairs advisory committee which shall serve in an advisory capacity to the governor and the director of the department of veterans affairs. The committee shall appoint members to serve as liaisons to each of the state veterans’ homes, unless the […]
RCW 43.60A.100 Counseling services—Veterans, including national guard and reservists. The department of veterans affairs, to the extent funds are made available, shall: (1) Contract with professional counseling specialists to provide a range of direct treatment services to state veterans, including national guard and reservists, with military-related mental health needs, and their family members; (2) provide […]
RCW 43.60A.101 Peer-to-peer support program—Report to the legislature. By December 31, 2018, the department of veterans affairs must submit a report to the legislature on the veteran peer-to-peer training and support program authorized in RCW 43.60A.100 to determine the effectiveness of the program in meeting the needs of veterans in the state. The report must […]
RCW 43.60A.110 Counseling—Coordination of programs. The department shall coordinate the programs contained in RCW 43.60A.100 with the services offered by the department of social and health services, local mental health organizations, and the federal department of veterans affairs to minimize duplication. [ 1991 c 55 § 2.]
RCW 43.60A.120 Counseling—Priority. The department of veterans affairs shall give priority in its counseling and instructional programs to treating state veterans located in rural areas of the state, especially those who are members of traditionally underserved minority groups, and women veterans. [ 1991 c 55 § 3.]
RCW 43.60A.130 Counseling—Posttraumatic stress disorder and combat stress program. The department of veterans affairs shall design its posttraumatic stress disorder and combat stress programs and related activities to provide veterans with as much privacy and confidentiality as possible and yet consistent with sound program management. [ 1991 c 55 § 4.]
RCW 43.60A.140 Veterans stewardship account. (1) The veterans stewardship account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Disbursements of funds must be on the authorization of the director or the director’s designee, and only for the purposes stated in subsection (4) of this section. In order to maintain an effective expenditure and revenue […]
RCW 43.60A.150 Veterans conservation corps—Created. (1) The Washington veterans conservation corps is created. The department shall establish enrollment procedures for the program. Enrollees may choose to participate in either or both the volunteer projects list authorized in subsection (2) of this section, and the training, certification, ecotherapy, and placement program authorized in RCW 43.60A.151. (2) […]
RCW 43.60A.151 Veterans conservation corps—Employment assistance—Agreements for educational benefits—Receipt of gifts, grants, or federal moneys. (1) The department shall assist veterans enrolled in the veterans conservation corps with obtaining employment in conservation programs and projects that restore Washington’s natural habitat, maintain and steward local, state, and federal forestlands and other outdoor lands, maintain and improve […]
RCW 43.60A.152 Collaboration with departments implementing the Washington conservation corps. The department shall collaborate with the department of ecology and the department of natural resources and any of its partnering agencies in implementing the Washington conservation corps, created in chapter 43.220 RCW, to maximize the utilization of both conservation corps programs. These agencies shall work […]
RCW 43.60A.154 Agreements with federal entities for projects. The department shall seek to enter agreements with the bureau of land management, the national park service, the United States forest service, the United States fish and wildlife service, and other federal agencies managing lands or waterways in Washington, for the employment of veterans conservation corps enrollees […]
RCW 43.60A.155 Cooperation with the salmon recovery funding board regarding project work. The salmon recovery funding board shall cooperate with the department of veterans affairs to inform salmon habitat project sponsors of the availability of veterans conservation corps enrollees to perform project work. From applications submitted, the board and the department shall identify projects that […]
