Peters Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation Expanding Burial Benefits for Veterans, Inspired by Late Michigan Veteran
May 05, 2023
May 05, 2023
WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023:
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) announced that he has reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would expand Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) burial benefits eligibility to terminally ill veterans who pass away at a non-VA facility while receiving hospice care. The legislation, called Gerald's Law Act, was named after late Michigan veteran Gerald "Jerry" Elliott of Kingsfor . . .
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) announced that he has reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would expand Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) burial benefits eligibility to terminally ill veterans who pass away at a non-VA facility while receiving hospice care. The legislation, called Gerald's Law Act, was named after late Michigan veteran Gerald "Jerry" Elliott of Kingsfor . . .