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Senate Bill S8066

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the division of veterans' services to route 838 calls to the national suicide prevention lifeline

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2019-S8066 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10257
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §353-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1764, A4224

2019-S8066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of veterans' services to route 838 calls to the national suicide prevention lifeline.

2019-S8066 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8066
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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, in relation to directing the division
   of veterans' services to route  838  calls  to  the  national  suicide
   prevention lifeline

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  353-b
 to read as follows:
   §  353-B.  ROUTING OF 838 CALLS; NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE.
 THE DIVISION SHALL PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON DIALING THE DIGITS 838  SHALL
 BE  AUTOMATICALLY  REDIRECTED  AND  CONNECTED  TO  THE  NATIONAL SUICIDE
 PREVENTION LIFELINE TELEPHONE NUMBER. THE DIVISION SHALL WORK IN COOPER-
 ATION WITH THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES,  LANDLINE  AND
 WIRELESS  TELEPHONE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGEN-
 CIES IN CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15886-01-0

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