Draft bill #9141 of March 23, 2023
Cosponsors: a group of 41 MPs from the Servant of the People faction with Yehor Cherniev as the first signatory
Status: adopted, awaits to be signed by the Speaker
Who is affected: members of the Territorial Defense Forces, Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guard, Security Service, Foreign Intelligence Service, Border Guard Service, Special Transport Service, Administration of State Guard, State Special Communications and Information Protection Service, State Emergency Service, as well as customs officers, police officers, tax officials, volunteers who performed combat tasks, and the Ministry of Defense
Summary:
- to obtain combat veteran status, service members (and their family members) have the right to submit an application with the required documents attached in paper form or electronically to the Unified State Web Portal for Electronic Services and/or the Unified State Registry of War Veterans to the Ministry of Defense Commission
- if the documents are absent, they are requested from the state body authorized to issue and keep these documents
- the authorized government body is obligated to provide the documents within 15 days from the day of receiving the request
- the commission makes a decision to grant combat veteran status no later than 10 days after receiving the required documents
- in the same way, family members of deceased Defenders of Ukraine can obtain the status of a family member of a deceased Defender.
What is right:
- simplifies the procedure for obtaining the combat veteran status
What is wrong:
- does not define the actions of the commission if the required documents are missing.