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.
              

                                                            LBD11660-01-5