Assembly Bill A6992A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the department of veterans' services to provide certain assistance to veterans

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs 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-A6992 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, Veterans' Services L

2023-A6992 - Summary

Requires the department of veterans' services to provide legal and/or technical support to veterans who want to change such veteran's discharged status to honorable because such person was dishonorably or administratively discharged from the armed services due to sexual orientation.

2023-A6992 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6992
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law,  in  relation  to  providing
   certain support for veterans to help alter their discharged status
 
   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 PROVIDE LEGAL AND/OR TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR VETERANS WHO WANT TO
 CHANGE HIS OR HER DISCHARGED STATUS TO HONORABLE BECAUSE SUCH PERSON WAS
 DISHONORABLY  OR ADMINISTRATIVELY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMED SERVICES DUE
 TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10714-01-3



              

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2023-A6992A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, Veterans' Services L

2023-A6992A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of veterans' services to provide legal and/or technical support to veterans who want to change such veteran's discharged status to honorable because such person was dishonorably or administratively discharged from the armed services due to sexual orientation.

2023-A6992A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6992--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DICKENS, TAYLOR, REYES, AUBRY, SILLITTI, McDO-
   NOUGH, SMULLEN, SIMON -- 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 veterans' services law, in relation to providing
   certain support for veterans to help alter their discharged status
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 31 of section 4 of the veterans' services law
 is amended to read as follows:
   31. To  maintain  a  discharge  upgrade  [advisory]  ASSISTANCE  board
 program  within  the department to [provide written non-binding advisory
 opinions to] ASSIST veterans of the state of  New  York  [appealing]  IN
 UPGRADING their character of discharge [from], CHANGING THEIR REASON FOR
 DISCHARGE,  OR  SEEKING ANY OTHER RELIEF AVAILABLE THROUGH the discharge
 review board or [the] board for [corrections] CORRECTION of military  OR
 NAVAL records for their branch of service on the federal level. Individ-
 uals  may  submit  an  application with evidence, including all relevant
 documents, which shall be reviewed by the discharge  upgrade  [advisory]
 ASSISTANCE  board  [program]  in  a  timely  manner. AFTER REVIEW OF THE
 APPLICATION THE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN NON-BINDING ADVISORY OPIN-
 ION AS TO THE MERITS OF THE VETERAN'S CASE. UPON RECEIPT OF AN  APPLICA-
 TION, IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE BOARD TO ASSIST THE VETERAN IN IDENTI-
 FYING  AND OBTAINING ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR EVIDENCE NECESSARY TO
 EITHER REACH SUCH AN OPINION OR SUPPORT  THE  VETERAN'S  CASE.  If  such
 board finds the veteran's application for a discharge upgrade is merito-
 rious, then the board will [provide] ASSIST the veteran [with] IN FILING
 A  REQUEST FOR CORRECTION OR REVIEW AND REPRESENT THE VETERAN BEFORE THE
 APPROPRIATE VENUE WHICH SHALL INCLUDE PREPARING a written opinion  advo-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10714-02-4
              

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