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Assembly Bill A3174

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the "behavioral health services for veterans act"

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2019-A3174 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §368-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8760
2011-2012: A50
2013-2014: A3025
2015-2016: A8419
2017-2018: A3276

2019-A3174 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "behavioral health services for veterans act".

2019-A3174 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3174
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GUNTHER, COLTON, WEPRIN, COOK -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "behav-
   ioral health services for veterans act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "behavioral
 health services for veterans act".
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 368-a to
 read as follows:
   § 368-A.  BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD.   1.
 THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  WITHIN THE DIVISION, A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
 SERVICES FOR VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD. SUCH BOARD SHALL CONSIST  OF  NINE
 MEMBERS,  THREE  OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, TWO OF WHOM
 SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, TWO OF WHOM
 SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, ONE OF WHOM SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE  ASSEMBLY.  SUCH  MEMBERS  SHALL
 SERVE  AT  THE  PLEASURE  OF  THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY. VACANCIES ON THE
 BOARD SHALL BE FILLED IN THE MANNER OF THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT. MEMBERS
 OF THE BOARD SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES BUT  SHALL
 BE REIMBURSED FOR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORM-
 ANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
   2.  THE  BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH SERVICES FOR VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD SHALL
 STUDY AND ANALYZE BOTH THE ADEQUACY OF EXISTING AND  THE  NEED  FOR  NEW
 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR VETERANS. IN PROVIDING SUCH ANALYSIS, THE
 BOARD  SHALL  WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE DIVISION, THE OFFICE OF ALCO-
 HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH  AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  MENTAL  HYGIENE.  THE BOARD SHALL REPORT THE FINDINGS OF
 SUCH STUDY TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE  ALONG  WITH  RECOMMENDA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07232-01-9

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