Sec. 504. Procedures for provision of certain information to State veterans agencies to facilitate the furnishing of assistance and benefits to veterans
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop procedures to share the information described in subsection
(b)regarding veterans with State veterans agencies in electronic data format as a means of facilitating the furnishing of assistance and benefits to veterans. The information shared with State veterans agencies under subsection
(a)regarding a veteran shall include the following: Military service and separation data. A personal email address. A personal telephone number. A mailing address. A veteran may elect to prevent their information from being shared with State veterans agencies under subsection
(a)pursuant to a process that the Secretary shall establish for purposes of this subsection. The Secretary shall ensure that the information shared with State veterans agencies in accordance with the procedures developed under subsection
(a)is only shared by such agencies with county government veterans service offices for such purposes as the Secretary shall specify for the administration and delivery of assistance and benefits.