Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 24, 2022 | signed chap.75 delivered to governor |
Jan 31, 2022 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.320 substituted for a8729 |
Jan 12, 2022 | referred to veterans' affairs delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 10, 2022 | ordered to third reading cal.34 |
Jan 07, 2022 | referred to rules |
senate Bill S7706
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
Pete Harckham
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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S7706 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8729
- 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)
S7706 (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.
S7706 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7706 SPONSOR: HARCKHAM TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation to veteran access to certain benefits PURPOSE: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2021, c.609. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation amends the executive law and public health law relating to certain questions regarding veterans on intake forms for admission and residency. -This legislation changes the language in Section 368-a from homeless to temporary shelter.
S7706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7706 I N S E N A T E January 7, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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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