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                                    307
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- 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, the public health law and the  educa-
   tion  law,  in relation to directing the division of veterans' affairs
   to establish and operate a publicly accessible electronic database  of
   the availability of openings for admission to state veterans' homes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24. TO, IN CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH
 AND  THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE AN INTERNET
 WEBSITE ELECTRONIC DATABASE, ACCESSIBLE TO THE  PUBLIC,  WHICH  PROVIDES
 THE  NUMBER OF AVAILABLE OPENINGS FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AT EACH STATE
 VETERANS' HOME OPERATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX-A OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  LAW  AND  AT  THE  LONG ISLAND STATE VETERANS' HOME AT THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY  BROOK.  IN  ADDITION,  SUCH  ELECTRONIC
 DATABASE  SHALL,  FOR  EACH  SUCH  VETERANS' HOME, PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF
 ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON THE WAITING LIST FOR  ADMISSION  TO  THE
 STATE  VETERANS'  HOME.  THE  DIVISION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE
 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL JOINTLY ENSURE THAT  THE  INFORMATION
 POSTED  ON THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION IS MAINTAINED AND UPDATED ON A REAL TIME BASIS AS SUCH  INFORMATION
 CHANGES.
   §  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2636 to
 read as follows:
   § 2636. STATE VETERANS' HOME ELECTRONIC DATABASE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 FULLY COOPERATE WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH  AND
 OPERATE  THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-FOUR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 S. 307                              2
 
 OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,  AND  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION  RELATING  TO THE STATE VETERANS' HOMES OPERATED PURSUANT TO
 THIS ARTICLE TO SUCH DIVISION ON A REAL TIME BASIS.
   §  3.  Section  355  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. STATE VETERANS' HOME ELECTRONIC  DATABASE.  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY
 SHALL  FULLY  COOPERATE WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ESTAB-
 LISH AND OPERATE THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE  PROVIDED  FOR  IN  SUBDIVISION
 TWENTY-FOUR  OF  SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE LONG ISLAND STATE VETERANS' HOME
 AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK TO SUCH DIVISION ON A
 REAL TIME BASIS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Provided, however that, effective immediate-
 ly, any actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its
 effective date are authorized and directed to be completed on or  before
 such date.