Senate Bill S7322

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to providing a help/crisis line to assist veterans

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

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S7322 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3803, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4524
2019-2020: S2283
2021-2022: S666

2015-S7322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing a help/crisis line to assist veterans.

2015-S7322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7322

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 public health law, in relation to providing  a  help
  line/crisis line to assist veterans

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  2  of  section  3803  of  the
public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 743 of the laws of 2006, is
amended to read as follows:
  (b) establishment of a toll-free telephone hotline to provide informa-
tion regarding health care providers and treatment centers  with  exper-
tise  in  illnesses  associated with military duty AND A TOLL-FREE TELE-
PHONE NUMBER FOR USE AS (I) A CLEARINGHOUSE BY VETERANS, ACTIVE  MEMBERS
OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GUARD, AND
THEIR FAMILIES TO OBTAIN, IN RESPONSE TO THEIR REQUESTS  ABOUT  BENEFITS
OR  SERVICES  THAT  MAY  BE AVAILABLE TO SUCH VETERANS, MEMBERS OR THEIR
FAMILIES, REFERRALS TO ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE SUCH BENEFITS OR  SERVICES,
AND (II) A CRISIS LINE TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM VETER-
ANS  THAT IS MODELED ON THE FEDERAL VETERANS' CRISIS LINE. THE TOLL-FREE
TELEPHONE NUMBER SHALL BE STAFFED BY EMPLOYEES OF OR TRAINED  VOLUNTEERS
WORKING  AT THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS ON WEEKDAYS DURING REGULAR
BUSINESS HOURS, AND ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS FROM NINE O'CLOCK  A.M.  TO
FIVE O'CLOCK P.M.; and
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13715-02-6

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