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Assembly Bill A10763

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the yellow ribbon reintegration program; appropriation

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2009-A10763 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 14 §§340 - 345, Mil L; amd §§2744 & 3803, Pub Health L; add §366-a, amd §353, Exec L; add §220.16, CP L; amd §§19.09 & 7.09, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1333

2009-A10763 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the yellow ribbon reintegration program and makes an appropriation therefore; includes the adjutant general and the director of reintegration and the directors of veterans affairs as members of the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council and includes additional toxic materials or harmful physical agents in the scope of information to be provided by the veterans health care information program; requires health screening of veterans for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder; allows a criminal defendant to plead to not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect stemming from service in a combat zone

2009-A10763 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10763 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10763

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 20, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CASTELLI, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to establishing the yellow
  ribbon reintegration program and making an appropriation therefor;  to
  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation to including the adjutant
  general and the director of reintegration and the directors of  veter-
  ans' affairs as members of the traumatic brain injury services coordi-
  nating  council  and  including  additional toxic materials or harmful
  physical agents in the scope of information  to  be  provided  by  the
  veterans  health care information program; to amend the executive law,
  in relation to health screening of veterans for traumatic brain injury
  and post-traumatic stress disorder; to amend  the  criminal  procedure
  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  a  criminal defendant to plea to not
  responsible by reason  of  mental  disease  or  defect  stemming  from
  service  in  a  combat  zone;  and  to amend the executive law and the
  mental hygiene law, in relation to including in the scope of duties of
  the division of veterans' affairs, the commissioner of the  office  of
  mental  health  and  the  commissioner of the office of alcoholism and
  substance abuse services the establishment of  a  program  for  mental
  health  and  rehabilitative  services for veterans, members of the New
  York national guard and residents in the  armed  forces  reserves  and
  their family members

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

  Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new article  14  to
read as follows:
                               ARTICLE XIV
                   YELLOW RIBBON REINTEGRATION PROGRAM
SECTION 340. DEFINITIONS.
        341. YELLOW  RIBBON  REINTEGRATION  PROGRAM;  ESTABLISHMENT  AND
               PURPOSE.
        342. OFFICE FOR REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS.
        343. STATE DEPLOYMENT CYCLE SUPPORT TEAMS.
        344. REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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