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Senate Bill S5535

2011-2012 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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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2011-S5535 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §354-a, Exec L

2011-S5535 (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.

2011-S5535 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5535 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5535

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 31, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military 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 amended by section
95 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, 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 for
people with developmental disabilities[,] and department of  corrections
and  community  supervision,  shall  request assisted persons to provide
information with regard to their veteran  status  and  military  experi-
ences.  Individuals  identifying themselves as veterans shall be advised
that the division of veterans' affairs and local veterans' service agen-
cies 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,  assess-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00584-03-1

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