Assembly Bill A11691

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Updates statute directing agencies to seek information on the status of veterans receiving assistance to promote referral of veterans to agencies for benefits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2009-A11691 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง354-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A37

2009-A11691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Updates statute directing agencies to seek information on the status of veterans receiving assistance to promote referral of veterans to agencies for benefits.

2009-A11691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11691

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            September 1, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cusick) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to veterans' benefits

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 354-a of the executive law, as separately amended
by sections 34 and 68 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2010,  is
amended to read as follows:
  S 354-a. Information  on  status  of  veterans  receiving  assistance.
Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the
state and political  subdivisions  thereof,  which  provide  assistance,
treatment,  counseling,  care,  supervision  or custody in service areas
involving health, mental health, family services,  criminal  justice  or
employment,  including  but  not limited to the office of alcoholism and
substance abuse services, office of mental health, office  of  probation
and  correctional  alternatives, office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability  assistance,  department  of  health,
department  of  labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards, office [of
mental retardation and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  developmental  disabilities,
department  of  correctional  services  and  division  of  parole, shall
request assisted persons to provide information  with  regard  to  their
veteran  status  and military experiences. Individuals identifying them-
selves as veterans shall be  advised  that  the  division  of  veterans'
affairs  and  local  veterans'  service agencies established pursuant to
section three hundred fifty-seven of this article provide assistance  to
veterans  regarding  benefits  under  federal and state law. Information
regarding veterans status and  military  service  provided  by  assisted
persons  solely to implement this section shall be protected as personal
confidential information under article six-A of the public officers  law
against  disclosure of confidential material, and used only to assist in
the diagnosis, treatment, assessment and handling of the veteran's prob-
lems within the agency requesting such information and in referring  the
veteran to the division of veterans' affairs for information and assist-
ance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements under federal and state
law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

              

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