Assembly Actions -
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May 13, 2025 |
referred to veterans' affairs |
Assembly Bill A8365
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LEVENBERG
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Steve Stern
2025-A8365 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8055
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Veterans' Affairs
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2632, Pub Health L
2025-A8365 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Expands eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes to certain veterans who have an immediate family member who shall have been a resident of this state for one year prior to the date of application for admission; defines an immediate family member to include a spouse, birth parent, adoptive parent, child, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, grandparent and grandchild.
2025-A8365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8365 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 2632 of the public health law, as amended by section 3 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: (h) in the Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of August, nine- teen hundred ninety to the end of such conflict including military service in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Opera- tion New Dawn or Operation Inherent Resolve and was the recipient of the global war on terrorism expeditionary medal or the Iraq campaign medal or the Afghanistan campaign medal; and who was a resident of the state of New York at the time of entry upon such active duty or who shall have been a resident of this state for six months next preceding the applica- tion for admission OR WHO HAS AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER WHO SHALL HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE FOR ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE DATE OF APPLICA- TION FOR ADMISSION, PROVIDED THAT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER SHALL INCLUDE A SPOUSE, BIRTH PARENT, ADOPTIVE PARENT, CHILD, SIBLING, STEPPARENT, STEPCHILD, STEPSIBLING, GRANDPARENT AND GRANDCHILD, shall be entitled to admission to said home after the approval of the application by the board of visitors, subject to the provisions of this article and to the conditions, limitations and penal- ties prescribed by the regulations of the department. Any such veteran or dependent, who otherwise fulfills the requirements set forth in this section, may be admitted directly to the skilled nursing facility or the health related facility provided such veteran or dependent is certified by a physician designated or approved by the department to require the type of care provided by such facilities. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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