Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                        RESOLUTION 6-H.F.No. 462 
 A resolution memorializing the United States Congress 
to maintain the Veteran's Administration system of 
health care facilities.  
    WHEREAS, Minnesota is home to 504,000 veterans, 85,700 of 
them over age 65; and 
    WHEREAS, by the year 2000 there will be more than 138,300 
Minnesota veterans over age 65; and 
    WHEREAS, the mission of the Veteran's Administration health 
care system is to provide care tailored to meet the needs of 
veterans, to back up the military hospital system in a national 
emergency, to conduct research and train health professionals, 
and to provide leadership for other national medical entities in 
the area of geriatric care; and 
    WHEREAS, Veteran's Administration facilities in Minnesota 
during fiscal year 1985 treated 23,693 people on an inpatient 
basis, recorded 356,385 outpatient visits, reimbursed 1,275 
veterans for nursing home care, trained students in all health 
care disciplines, and employed 4,647 people with total salaries 
of $97,362,419; and 
    WHEREAS, there are proposals in Congress to dismantle the 
Veteran's Administration health care system and place the 
responsibility for providing the health care services on 
individual states; and 
    WHEREAS, the loss of Veteran's Administration health care 
facilities in Minnesota would have a significant economic, 
political, and social impact; NOW, THEREFORE, 
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota 
that it urges the United States Congress, and most particularly 
the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, to recognize the special 
role of the Veteran's Administration health care system and 
strive to maintain this system in Minnesota with adequate 
funding. 
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the 
State of Minnesota is directed to transmit certified copies of 
this memorial to the President and Secretary of the United 
States Senate, the Speaker and Chief Clerk of the United States 
House of Representatives, and to Minnesota's Senators and 
Representatives in Congress. 
    Filed May 14, 1987