Assembly Bill A8729

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to veteran access to certain benefits

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7706 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2021-A8729 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7706
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §368-a, Exec L; amd §2805-o, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.2977-A & A.6100-A)

2021-A8729 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to veteran access to certain benefits regarding temporary shelter, nursing homes, residential health care facilities, adult care facilities, etc.; requires the division to encourage all temporary shelter providers to share information to increase veteran access to benefits.

2021-A8729 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8729
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- 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 veteran access to certain benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Section 368-a of the executive law, as added by a  chapter
 of the laws of 2021 amending the executive law and the public health law
 relating  to  certain  questions  regarding veterans on intake forms for
 admission and residency, as proposed in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.
 2977-A and A. 6100-A, is amended to read as follows:
   § 368-a. Intake forms for admission and residency. 1. The division, in
 cooperation with the office of temporary and disability assistance[, the
 office  of  mental health] and any other state department, office, divi-
 sion or agency the division deems  necessary,  shall  require  that  all
 intake  forms  for  admission  or  residency to any [homeless] TEMPORARY
 shelter THAT IS REIMBURSED FROM STATE OR  STATE-ADMINISTERED  GRANTS  OR
 FUNDS  shall  ask  an  applicant [on their intake forms]:   "Have you OR
 ANYONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD ever [served] BEEN in the UNITED  STATES  mili-
 tary?".  [Such homeless shelter] EACH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OR SOCIAL
 SERVICES  DISTRICT'S  DESIGNEE  shall  in writing advise all individuals
 APPLYING FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND identifying themselves  as
 having  [served] BEEN in the United States military that the division of
 veterans' services and  local  veterans'  service  agencies  established
 pursuant  to  section  three hundred fifty-seven of this article provide
 assistance to veterans regarding benefits available  under  federal  and
 state  law. Such written information shall include the name, address and
 telephone number of the New York state division of  veterans'  services,
 the nearest division of veterans' services office, the nearest county or
 city  veterans'  service  agency  and  the  nearest accredited veterans'
 service officer. [Every homeless shelter] EACH SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICT
 OR  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT'S  DESIGNEE,  with the permission of such
 individual's identifying themself as  a  veteran,  shall  transmit  such
 veteran's status information to the division of veterans' services.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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