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Senate Bill S48A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the veterans health care information program to provide information concerning health issues to veteran's children; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to maintain records

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2017-S48 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3803, Pub Health L; amd §29, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8057
2019-2020: S2377

2017-S48 - Summary

Requires the veterans health care information program to provide information concerning health issues to veteran's children; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to maintain records regarding the military background of certain individuals under its jurisdiction.

2017-S48 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S48 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    48
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
   land Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing certain
   benefits to veterans; and to amend the correction 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.  Subdivision 1 of section 3803 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 743 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  There  is hereby created within the department the veterans health
 care information program (referred to in this section as the "program"),
 which shall provide information on health issues associated  with  mili-
 tary duty, including but not limited to Agent Orange, SPINA BIFIDA, Gulf
 War  Syndromes,  toxic  materials  or  harmful  physical agents such as,
 depleted uranium, and hepatitis C,  AND  SPECIFIC  MENTAL  AND  PHYSICAL
 HEALTH  ISSUES INCLUDING POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, TRAUMATIC BRAIN
 INJURY AND OTHER BRAIN-RELATED INJURIES, for veterans,  their  surviving
 spouses, CHILDREN OF VETERANS and health care providers.
   §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 29 of the correction law, as amended by
 section 12 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  department  shall  continue to collect, maintain, and analyze
 statistical and other information  and  data  with  respect  to  persons
 subject to the jurisdiction of the department, including but not limited
 to: (a) the number of such persons: placed in the custody of the depart-
 ment,  assigned  to  a  specific  department program, accorded community
 supervision and declared delinquent, recommitted to a state correctional
 institution upon revocation of community supervision, or discharged upon
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

2017-S48A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3803, Pub Health L; amd §29, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8057
2019-2020: S2377

2017-S48A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the veterans health care information program to provide information concerning health issues to veteran's children; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to maintain records regarding the military background of certain individuals under its jurisdiction.

2017-S48A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S48A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   48--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Veterans,
   Homeland  Security and Military Affairs in accordance with Senate Rule
   6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
   veterans  health  care  information  program  to  provide  information
   concerning  health  issues  to  veteran's  children;  and to amend the
   correction law, in relation to requiring the department of corrections
   and community supervision to maintain records regarding  the  military
   background of certain individuals under its jurisdiction
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 3803 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 743 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  There  is hereby created within the department the veterans health
 care information program (referred to in this section as the "program"),
 which shall provide information on health issues associated  with  mili-
 tary  duty,  including  but  not  limited  to  Agent  Orange,  Gulf  War
 Syndromes, toxic materials or harmful physical agents such as,  depleted
 uranium,  and  hepatitis C, for veterans, their surviving spouses, CHIL-
 DREN OF VETERANS and health care providers.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 29 of the correction law, as amended  by
 section  12 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. The department shall continue to  collect,  maintain,  and  analyze
 statistical  and  other  information  and  data  with respect to persons
 subject to the jurisdiction of the department, including but not limited
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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