Bill C-568: An Act respecting former Canadian Forces members

C-568 Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 62 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-568 An Act respecting former Canadian Forces members first reading, January 28, 2014 Mr. Brahmi 412120 SUMMARY This enactment requires the Governor in Council to make regulations under the Department of Veterans Affairs Act to extend the health care benefits authorized by the regulations made under that Act to the former members of the Canadian Forces who meet Military Occupational Classification requirements and have been honourably discharged. Available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address:http://www.parl.gc.ca 2nd Session, 41st Parliament, 62 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014 house of commons of canada BILL C-568 An Act respecting former Canadian Forces members Whereas Canadians are proud of those who have served Canada as members of the Canadian Forces; Whereas it is part of the Canadian culture and heritage to acknowledge the services rendered by veterans and to be responsive to their health care needs; And whereas some classes of former members of the Canadian Forces do not have access to health care benefits; Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Former Canadian Forces Members Act. INTERPRETATION Definition of “Canadian Forces member” 2. In this Act, “Canadian Forces member” means an officer or non-commissioned member of the Canadian Forces as those terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act. REGULATIONS Regulations 3. Within 120 days after this Act comes into force, the Governor in Council must make regulations under the Department of Veterans Affairs Act (a) specifying that all former Canadian Forces members who meet the Department of National Defence’s Military Occupational Classification requirements and have been released from the Forces with an honourable discharge are entitled to the care, treatment and other benefits authorized by regulations made under that Act; and (b) respecting the circumstances in which the former members mentioned in paragraph (a) may receive any such care, treatment or other benefits. COMING INTO FORCE Coming into force 4. This Act comes into force 30 days after the day on which it receives royal assent. Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons