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Assembly Bill A797

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the division of veterans' affairs to establish and operate an electronic database of the number of openings in each of the 4 state veterans' homes and the number of persons on the waiting lists

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2019-A797 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353, Exec L; add §2636, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10692
2017-2018: A630

2019-A797 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of veterans' affairs to establish and operate an electronic database of the number of openings in each of the 4 state veterans' homes and the number of persons on the waiting list for each such veterans' home.

2019-A797 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    797
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation
   to directing the division of veterans' affairs to establish and  oper-
   ate  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,
 ESTABLISH  AND OPERATE AN INTERNET WEBSITE ELECTRONIC DATABASE, ACCESSI-
 BLE 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. IN ADDITION,  SUCH  ELEC-
 TRONIC  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 AND THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  SHALL
 JOINTLY  ENSURE  THAT  THE INFORMATION POSTED ON THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION 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
 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. 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.

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