Senate Bill S2248A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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  • 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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2019-S2248 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8248
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3775
2017-2018: S4642, A7233
2021-2022: S1788, A5836

2019-S2248 - Summary

Creates a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force to examine, evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide prevention for our veterans.

2019-S2248 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2248 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2248
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SANDERS, PARKER, RITCHIE, SAVINO -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to create a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task
   force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
   thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative intent. The legislature is concerned with the
 health, safety, and welfare of all  returning  veterans  of  the  United
 States armed forces to New York and the high rate of mental health prob-
 lems and suicides of members of the United States armed forces.
   §  2.  Veterans'  suicide  task force. (a) There is hereby created the
 veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task  force  to  examine,
 evaluate  and  determine  how  to  improve  mental  health  and  suicide
 prevention for our veterans, consisting of seven members, each to  serve
 until May first, two thousand twenty-one.
   (b)(1) Such members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be
 appointed  by  the governor; one member shall be appointed by the tempo-
 rary president of the senate; one  member  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 minority  leader  of  the  senate;  one member shall be appointed by the
 speaker of the assembly; one member shall be appointed by  the  minority
 leader of the assembly; one member shall be appointed by the director of
 the  New  York State Division of Veterans' Affairs; and one member shall
 be appointed by the commissioner of health. Appointments shall  be  made
 within  sixty  days  of the effective date of this act. Vacancies in the
 task force shall be filled in the manner provided for original  appoint-
 ments.
   (2)  All  appointees  shall  have  expertise  in fields or disciplines
 related to mental health.  All  appointments  shall  be  coordinated  to
 ensure geographic representation from the entire state.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-S2248A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8248
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3775
2017-2018: S4642, A7233
2021-2022: S1788, A5836

2019-S2248A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force to examine, evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide prevention for our veterans.

2019-S2248A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2248A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2248--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SANDERS, ADDABBO, JACKSON, LANZA, PARKER, RITCHIE,
   SAVINO -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security 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 create a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task
   force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
   thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative intent. The legislature is concerned with the
 health, safety, and welfare of all  returning  veterans  of  the  United
 States armed forces to New York and the high rate of mental health prob-
 lems and suicides of members of the United States armed forces.
   §  2.  Veterans'  suicide  task force. (a) There is hereby created the
 veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task  force  to  examine,
 evaluate  and  determine  how  to  improve  mental  health  and  suicide
 prevention for our veterans, consisting of seven members, each to  serve
 until May first, two thousand twenty-two.
   (b)(1) Such members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be
 appointed  by  the governor; one member shall be appointed by the tempo-
 rary president of the senate; one  member  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 minority  leader  of  the  senate;  one member shall be appointed by the
 speaker of the assembly; one member shall be appointed by  the  minority
 leader of the assembly; one member shall be appointed by the director of
 the  New York State Division of Veterans' Services; and one member shall
 be appointed by the commissioner of health. Appointments shall  be  made
 within  sixty  days  of the effective date of this act. Vacancies in the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07156-04-0
              

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