Senate Bill S7425

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires reports to the legislature concerning the number of veterans and families of active duty members who are homeless and the number of veterans who receive food stamps

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

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 14, 2012	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

2011-S7425 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9356
Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §353-a, Exec L; amd §95, Soc Serv L

2011-S7425 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires reports to the legislature concerning the number of veterans and families of active duty members who are homeless and the number of veterans who receive food stamps.

2011-S7425 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7425

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the executive law,
in relation to providing certain benefits to veterans;
and to amend the social services law, in
relation to requiring certain reports relating to veterans

PURPOSE:
To create a study on various important aspects of the lives
of this State's veterans.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
COUNSELING:
Section 1 amends the executive law to require the division
of veterans' affairs to develop with the department of mental health
a program to identify and treat veterans suffering from
psychological/psychiatric/physical injuries.

HEALTHCARE:
Section 2 amends the Veterans Health Care Information
Program in the New York State Department of Health to provide
information for veterans, their families and health care providers on
health issues. associated with military duty such as post-traumatic
stress disorder and brain-related injuries (in addition to already

included features such as Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome, toxic
materials or harmful physical agents such as depleted uranium and
hepatitis C).

IMPRISONED VETERANS:
Section 3 requires that the State Commissioner of
Correction shall report annually to the legislature on the number of
veterans who are inmates in New York State and local correctional
facilities.

JUSTIFICATION:
Current deployments to the Middle East involve long,
dangerous and repeated tours of duty, with our citizen soldiers and
their families performing above and beyond the call of duty. This
bill will serve to assist veterans and their families by helping to
determine the numbers in need and by maintaining the work salaries
for deployed members of service.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the 180th day after it shall become
a law, with provisions.

2011-S7425 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7425

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. McDONALD -- 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  providing  certain
  benefits  to  veterans;  and  to  amend  the  social  services law, in
  relation to requiring certain reports relating to veterans

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

  Section 1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 353-a
to read as follows:
  S  353-A.  IDENTIFYING  HOMELESSNESS  AMONG  VETERANS. 1. LOCAL SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICTS AND SHELTERS RUN BY NON-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATIONS  IN
EACH  COUNTY, SHALL COLLECT INFORMATION IDENTIFYING VETERANS AND SPOUSES
OF VETERANS WHO ARE IN A HOMELESS FACILITY. SUCH DATA SHALL BE COLLECTED
QUARTERLY AND SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION.  THE  DIVISION  SHALL  TRANSMIT
SUCH INFORMATION TO STATE COUNSELORS FOR REVIEW AND POTENTIAL LINKAGE TO
APPLICABLE  BENEFITS.  STATE  COUNSELORS SHALL WORK WITH COUNTY AND CITY
VETERANS' AGENCIES STAFF OR ANY ACCREDITED SERVICE OFFICERS OF AN ORGAN-
IZATION CHARTERED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND/OR RECOGNIZED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR CLAIM REPRESENTATION AS NECES-
SARY AND WHERE APPROPRIATE.  SUCH  INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  PROTECTED  AS
PERSONAL  CONFIDENTIAL  INFORMATION  UNDER  ARTICLE  SIX-A OF THE PUBLIC
OFFICERS LAW AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, AND  SHALL  BE
USED  ONLY  TO  ASSIST  IN  PROVIDING LINKAGE TO APPLICABLE BENEFITS AND
ENTITLEMENTS UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.
  2. THE DIVISION SHALL INCLUDE WITHIN THE ANNUAL REPORT AS REQUIRED  BY
SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE,
AN  ACCOUNTING  OF  INFORMATION  RECEIVED  FROM  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES
DISTRICTS AND SHELTERS  RUN  BY  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATIONS  AND  THE
SPECIFIC NUMBER OF VETERANS AND SPOUSES OF VETERANS LINKED TO APPLICABLE
BENEFITS.
  S  2. Section 95 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 12 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14611-01-2

S. 7425                             2

  12. THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  SHALL  COLLECT
DATA ON THE NUMBER OF VETERANS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE
CIVIL  SERVICE  LAW,  NUMBER  OF  MILITARY PERSONNEL DEPLOYED FOR ACTIVE
MILITARY SERVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE  OF  THE  MILITARY  LAW,  AND
MEMBERS  OF  THEIR  FAMILY  WHO ARE IN RECEIPT OF FOOD STAMPS OR WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING IN A FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM UNDER  THIS  SECTION.    SUCH
DATA SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE, NO LATER
THAN  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH YEAR. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE BUT
BE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: A BREAKDOWN OF VETERANS AND
SERVICEMEMBERS BY BRANCH, THE PERIOD OF SERVICE, AND IF APPLICABLE,  THE
TYPE OF DISCHARGE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have  become  a law; provided, that any rules and regulations
necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on  its  effective
date shall be promulgated on or before such date.

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

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