Delivering for our Veterans
Lt. Governor Brown Calls for Coordinated Effort to Improve Veterans Behavioral Health Services
Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown joined Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary John M. Colmers and Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Wilbert Forbes to raise awareness on veterans health issues. During the press conference, Brown called for improved coordination between local, state and federal governments to provide veterans and deployed service members with better access to mental and behavioral health services. Following the press conference, Brown presided over the fourth meeting of the Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health Advisory Board.
“We ask a great deal of our military families and our veterans and for that we owe them a debt of gratitude. When we saw men and women falling through the cracks of a large and out dated federal VA system, we didn’t point fingers. We chose to act.”
–Lt. Governor Brown
2009 Legislative Accomplishments
- Expanded the scope and eligibility of the current Military Personnel and Service-Disabled Veterans No-Interest Loan Program by providing financial assistance for other necessary expenses incurred by a service-disabled veteran or a business owned by a service-disabled veteran.
- Broadened behavioral health care options for veterans by expanding the definition of a veteran, allowing direct short-term behavioral health services to more veterans throughout the State.
- Included Maryland as a member of the interstate compact which enables states to collaborate to ensure that the various educational needs of military children are met while they are transferring between school districts and states.

What's New
- Lt. Governor Brown Honored by Women's Law Center 11.3.09
- Lt. Governor Brown, Sec. Colmers, Hospital Administrators Join to Launch Hospital Hand Hygiene Collaborative 11.3.09
- Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Maryland Food Bank and KFC Raise Awareness to End Hunger in Maryland 10.20.09
- Lt. Governor Brown Convenes Northeast Maryland Higher Education Summit 10.20.09
- Lt. Governor Brown, Baltimore City Council President Rawlings-Blake Announce Domestic Violence Grants 10.19.09
- Lt. Governor Brown, Attorney General Gansler Announce New Domestic Violence Laws 9.29.09

