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S.F. No. 3691, as introduced - 84th Legislative Session
(2005-2006)
Posted on
1.1 A bill
for an act
1.2 relating to
veterans; providing for assistance to certain members of the National
1.3 Guard and
other veterans in obtaining health screening and health services
1.4 relating to
depleted uranium exposure; proposing coding for new law in
1.5 Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 192.
1.6 BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
1.7 Section 1.
[192.506] DEPLETED URANIUM TESTING.
1.8
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision
apply to this
1.9 section.
1.10 (b)
"Eligible member" means a member of the Minnesota National Guard who
1.11 served in the
Persian Gulf War theater, as defined in United States Code, title 38, section
1.12 101, or in an
area designated as a combat zone by the President of the
1.13 during
Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, or in any other military
1.14 assignment in
which there was a high likelihood that the person was exposed to depleted
1.15 uranium from
exploded munitions containing depleted uranium.
1.16 (c)
"Veteran" has the meaning given in section 197.447.
1.17 (d)
"Military physician" means a physician who is under contract with the
United
1.18 States
Department of Defense to provide physician services to members of the armed
1.19 forces.
1.20 (e)
"Depleted uranium" means uranium containing less uranium-235 than the
1.21 naturally
occurring distribution of uranium isotopes.
1.22 (f)
"Medically qualified screening test" means:
1.23 (1) a best
practice health screening test for exposure to depleted uranium using a
1.24 bioassay
procedure involving sensitive methods capable of detecting depleted uranium at
1.25 low levels and
the use of equipment with the capacity to discriminate between different
2.1 radioisotopes
in naturally occurring levels of uranium and the characteristic ratio and
2.2 marker for
depleted uranium; or
2.3 (2) a closely
comparable test that is equally capable or more capable of detecting
2.4 depleted
uranium at low levels in the body.
2.5 Subd.
2. Assistance for depleted uranium
exposure. The adjutant general and
2.6 the
commissioner of veterans affairs shall help an eligible member or veteran
obtain
2.7 federal
government treatment services, including a medically qualified screening test,
if
2.8 the member or veteran:
2.9 (1) has been
assigned a risk level I, II, or III for depleted uranium exposure by the
2.10 member's or
veteran's branch of service;
2.11 (2) is
referred by a military physician; or
2.12 (3) has reason
to believe that the member or veteran was exposed to depleted
2.13 uranium during
military service.
2.14 Subd. 3.
Funding. No state funds may be spent to provide testing under this section.
2.15 EFFECTIVE
DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.16 Sec. 2.
REPORT ON SCOPE AND ADEQUACY OF TRAINING.
2.17 By
2.18 designated
staff persons of the committees of the Minnesota Senate and Minnesota House
2.19 of
Representatives having cognizance of matters relating to the military and
veterans
2.20 regarding the
scope and adequacy of training received by members of the
2.21 National Guard
on determining whether their service as eligible members is likely to
2.22 entail, or to
have entailed, exposure to depleted uranium.
2.23 The report
must include an assessment of the feasibility and state cost, if any, of
2.24 adding
predeployment training concerning potential exposure to depleted uranium and
2.25 other toxic
chemical substances and the precautions recommended under combat and
2.26 noncombat
conditions while in a combat zone.
2.27 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective
the day following final enactment.
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