Assembly Bill A5743

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the department of veterans' services to establish and operate an electronic database of the number of openings in each of the 4 state veterans' homes and the number of persons on the waiting lists

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A5743 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1409
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, Veterans' Services L; add §2636, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7480
2017-2018: S307
2019-2020: S4108
2021-2022: S3641

2023-A5743 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of veterans' services to establish and operate an electronic database of the number of openings in each of the 4 state veterans' homes and the number of persons on the waiting list for each such veterans' home.

2023-A5743 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5743
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law and the public health law, in
   relation  to  directing the department of veterans' services to estab-
   lish and operate a publicly  accessible  electronic  database  of  the
   availability of openings for admission to state veterans' homes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4 of the  veterans'  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 38 to read as follows:
   38. TO, IN CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
 ESTABLISH  AND OPERATE AN INTERNET WEBSITE ELECTRONIC DATABASE, ACCESSI-
 BLE TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH PROVIDES THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE  OPENINGS  FOR
 ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUALS  AT EACH STATE VETERANS' HOME OPERATED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX-A OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. IN ADDITION,  SUCH  ELEC-
 TRONIC  DATABASE SHALL, FOR EACH SUCH VETERANS' HOME, PROVIDE THE NUMBER
 OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON THE WAITING LIST FOR ADMISSION TO THE
 STATE VETERANS' HOME AND INFORMATION ON THE ADMISSION PROCESS INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ELIGIBILITY  REQUIREMENTS  RELATING  TO  MILITARY
 SERVICE  HISTORY, HONORABLE DISCHARGE, SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY, AND
 SKILLED NURSING NEEDS. THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL
 JOINTLY ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION POSTED ON  THE  ELECTRONIC  DATABASE
 ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION IS MAINTAINED AND UPDATED ON A
 REAL TIME BASIS AS SUCH INFORMATION CHANGES.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2636  to
 read as follows:
   § 2636. STATE VETERANS' HOME ELECTRONIC DATABASE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 FULLY  COOPERATE  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES TO ESTABLISH
 AND OPERATE THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION  THIRTY-
 EIGHT  OF SECTION FOUR OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES LAW, AND PROVIDE INFOR-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04985-01-3
 A. 5743                             2

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