2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans
Chapter 506 - Veterans
Section 27-109 - Hospital care.
Any hospital, upon request of the commissioner, shall furnish any veteran, determined by the commissioner to be entitled to admission thereto, necessary food, clothing, care and treatment therein at the expense of the state, unless other funds or means of payment are available, and such veteran shall have preference for admission into such hospital. As used in this section, “veteran” means any person (1) honorably discharged from, or released under honorable conditions from active service in, the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, or (2) with a qualifying condition, as defined in said section, who has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from active service in the armed forces.
(1949 Rev., S. 2930; P.A. 88-285, S. 9, 35; P.A. 04-169, S. 9; P.A. 18-47, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 88-285 replaced commission with commissioner; P.A. 04-169 inserted “unless other funds or means of payment are available,”, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 18-47 added definition of “veteran”.
