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Assembly Bill A7538A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to veterans health care

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2021-A7538 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §361-a, Exec L; add §18-a, Veterans' Services L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A4201
2025-2026: A5155

2021-A7538 - Summary

Relates to veterans health care; creates a veteran health care review to ensure veterans and their families have access to health and mental health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide prevention.

2021-A7538 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7538
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to a veteran health  care
   navigator program
 
   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  361-a
 to read as follows:
   §  361-A. VETERAN HEALTH CARE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM. 1. THE DIVISION SHALL
 UNDERTAKE A STUDY REGARDING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A  VETERAN
 HEALTH  CARE  NAVIGATOR  PROGRAM AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION. SUCH STUDY
 SHALL BE COMPLETED AND REPORTED TO THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO.
   2. THE VETERAN HEALTH CARE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM SHALL EMPLOY AN  ADEQUATE
 NUMBER OF VETERAN HEALTH CARE NAVIGATORS. NAVIGATORS SHALL BE DEFINED AS
 FULL-TIME  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  DIVISION WHO HAVE DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE
 VETERAN COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THEIR ROLE SHALL INCLUDE EFFORTS TO:
   (A) INCREASE ACCESS BY VETERANS AND  THEIR  FAMILIES  TO  HEALTH  CARE
 COVERAGE AND SERVICES;
   (B) LEVERAGE EXISTING RESOURCES AND STRUCTURES IN AREAS WHERE VETERANS
 AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO EASILY ACCESS SUCH RESOURCES;
   (C)  ENSURE  THE NEEDS OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE INCORPORATED
 IN ALL STATE EFFORTS TO EXPAND  ACCESS  TO  AFFORDABLE,  QUALITY  HEALTH
 CARE; AND
   (D)  ENSURE  VETERANS  AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH
 TREATMENT, INCLUDING FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, DEPRESSION, AND
 SUICIDE PREVENTION.
   3. THE PROGRAM, WHEN IMPLEMENTED, SHALL PROVIDE THE  FOLLOWING  DUTIES
 FOR VETERAN HEALTH CARE NAVIGATORS:
   (A)  IDENTIFYING  ALL FEDERAL AND OTHER HEALTH BENEFITS, COVERAGE, AND
 SERVICES AVAILABLE TO VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2021-A7538A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §361-a, Exec L; add §18-a, Veterans' Services L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A4201
2025-2026: A5155

2021-A7538A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to veterans health care; creates a veteran health care review to ensure veterans and their families have access to health and mental health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide prevention.

2021-A7538A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7538--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. STERN, SIMPSON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Veterans' Affairs --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
   Veterans'  Affairs  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law and the veterans' services law, in
   relation to veterans health care
 
   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 361-a
 to read as follows:
   § 361-A. VETERAN HEALTH CARE REVIEW. 1. THE DIVISION, IN  CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL UNDERTAKE A STUDY REGARDING VETERAN
 HEALTH  CARE  AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION. SUCH STUDY SHALL BE COMPLETED
 AND REPORTED TO THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE.
   2.  THE VETERAN HEALTH CARE REVIEW SHALL COMPREHENSIVELY STUDY EFFORTS
 THAT CAN BE MADE TO IMPROVE VETERANS' HEALTHCARE IN THE STATE INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) INCREASING ACCESS BY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES  TO  HEALTH  CARE
 COVERAGE AND SERVICES;
   (B) LEVERAGING EXISTING RESOURCES AND STRUCTURES IN AREAS WHERE VETER-
 ANS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO EASILY ACCESS SUCH RESOURCES;
   (C) ENSURING THE NEEDS OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE INCORPORATED
 IN  ALL  STATE  EFFORTS  TO  EXPAND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, QUALITY HEALTH
 CARE;
   (D) ENSURING VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL  HEALTH
 TREATMENT, INCLUDING FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, DEPRESSION, AND
 SUICIDE PREVENTION;
   (E)  IDENTIFYING  ALL FEDERAL AND OTHER HEALTH BENEFITS, COVERAGE, AND
 SERVICES AVAILABLE TO VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10702-04-2

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