NY State Senate Bill S7706

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
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

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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.

-Temporary shelter that is reimbursed from state or state administered
grants of funds, must ask an applicant, on their intake forms: Have you
or anyone in your household ever been in the United States military?"
This differs from original language in previous bill, where the intake
forms asked an applicant: "Have they ever served in the United States
Military?"

-Changes language from "homeless shelter" to "social services district
or social services district's designee."

-This legislation adds the division of veterans' services, in cooper-
ation with the office of temporary and disability assistance and any
other state department, office, division or agency the division deems
necessary, should encourage all other temporary shelter providers to
share information to increase veteran access to benefits.

-Legislation expands adult assisted living residences to include adult
care facilities.

-Adult care facilities include adult homes, enriched housing programs,
residences for adults, assisted living programs, and assisted living
residences.

 
EXISTING LAW:

None.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Pursuant to approval memo 39 of 2021, the Executive expressed concern
with unintended consequences of the underlying legislation, while
supporting its goals. This legislation is a negotiated change to the
underlying chapter that addresses those concerns.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:


Chapter amendment to Chapter 609 of the Laws of 2021. S.2977-A and
A.6100-A both passed the Senate and Assembly, respectfully, in
June'2021.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the executive law and the public
health relating to certain questions regarding veterans on intake forms
for admission and residency, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
2997-A and A. 6100-A, takes effect.

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.

                                                            LBD01922-04-2
 S. 7706                             2

   2. THE DIVISION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISA-
 BILITY ASSISTANCE AND ANY OTHER STATE DEPARTMENT,  OFFICE,  DIVISION  OR
 AGENCY THE DIVISION DEEMS NECESSARY, SHALL ENCOURAGE ALL OTHER TEMPORARY
 SHELTER  PROVIDERS  TO  SHARE  INFORMATION TO INCREASE VETERAN ACCESS TO
 BENEFITS BY:
   (A) PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE DIVISION WEBSITE INCLUDING:
   (I)  POTENTIAL  QUESTIONS FOR INCLUSION ON INTAKE FORMS INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO: "HAVE YOU OR ANYONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD EVER BEEN  IN  THE
 UNITED STATES MILITARY?";
   (II)  ADVISING  SUCH  PROVIDERS THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFYING THEM-
 SELVES AS HAVING BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY  THAT  THE  DIVISION
 AND  LOCAL  VETERANS'  SERVICE  AGENCIES  PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS
 REGARDING BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE LAW; AND
   (III) THE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF  THE  DIVISION,  COUNTY  AND
 CITY  VETERANS'  SERVICE AGENCIES AND ACCREDITED VETERANS' SERVICE OFFI-
 CERS; AND
   (B) FACILITATING THE TRANSMISSION OF SUCH  VETERAN'S  STATUS  INFORMA-
 TION,  WITH  THE  PERMISSION  OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES AS A
 VETERAN, TO THE DIVISION.
   § 2. Section 2805-o of the public health law, as amended 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:
   §  2805-o.  Identification  of  veterans  and their spouses by nursing
 homes, residential health care facilities, and  [assisted  living  resi-
 dences]  ADULT  CARE  FACILITIES.  1. Every nursing home and residential
 health care facility as defined in subdivisions two and three of section
 two thousand eight hundred one of  this  article  and  [assisted  living
 residences  as  defined  in  section forty-six hundred fifty-one of this
 chapter] EVERY ADULT CARE FACILITY LICENSED AND CERTIFIED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT PURSUANT TO TITLE TWO OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW
 OR  ARTICLE  FORTY-SIX-B  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  INCLUDING ALL ADULT HOMES,
 ENRICHED  HOUSING  PROGRAMS,  RESIDENCES  FOR  ADULTS,  ASSISTED  LIVING
 PROGRAMS,  AND  ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCES shall keep and maintain accu-
 rate records identifying veterans and their spouses residing within such
 facilities. Such information shall be solicited by nursing  home  and/or
 residential health care facility staff upon a patient's admission, noted
 on  the  admission  form, and included with the patient's file by asking
 the question "Have you OR YOUR SPOUSE ever served in the  United  States
 military?".  In  the case of patients currently residing at such nursing
 homes or residential health care facilities, staff  shall  solicit  such
 information  by asking the question "Have you OR YOUR SPOUSE ever served
 in the United States military?"   from each  patient  residing  at  such
 institution and update the patient's file to indicate veteran status.
   2.  Every nursing home, residential health care facility and [assisted
 living residences] EVERY ADULT CARE FACILITY LICENSED AND  CERTIFIED  BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT  PURSUANT  TO  TITLE  TWO OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW OR ARTICLE FORTY-SIX-B OF THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING ALL ADULT
 HOMES, ENRICHED HOUSING PROGRAMS, RESIDENCES FOR ADULTS, ASSISTED LIVING
 PROGRAMS, AND ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCES shall  in  writing  advise  all
 individuals  identifying  themselves  as veterans or spouses of veterans
 that the division of veterans'  services  and  local  veterans'  service
 agencies  established  pursuant  to section three hundred fifty-seven of
 the executive law to provide assistance to veterans  and  their  spouses
 regarding benefits under federal and state law. Such written information
 S. 7706                             3
 
 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.
   3.  Every nursing home, residential health care facility and [assisted
 living residence] EVERY ADULT CARE FACILITY LICENSED  AND  CERTIFIED  BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT  PURSUANT  TO  TITLE  TWO OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW OR ARTICLE FORTY-SIX-B OF THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING ALL ADULT
 HOMES, ENRICHED HOUSING PROGRAMS, RESIDENCES FOR ADULTS, ASSISTED LIVING
 PROGRAMS, AND ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCES, with the permission  of  indi-
 viduals identifying themselves as veterans or spouses of veterans, shall
 transmit  such  veteran  status information to the division of veterans'
 services.
   4. Any person who violates the provisions of  this  section  shall  be
 subject to a civil fine not to exceed fifty dollars per violation but in
 no event shall any fine exceed one thousand dollars.
   §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as 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, takes effect.

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Jan 12, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 12, 2022

Jan 10, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

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S7706 (ACTIVE) - Details

S7706 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S7706 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Jan 18, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jan 18, 2022

Jan 12, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 12, 2022

Jan 10, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jan 10, 2022

S7706 (ACTIVE) - Details

S7706 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S7706 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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