S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8365--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG, STERN -- 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 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 SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF APPLI-
CATION FOR ADMISSION, PROVIDED THAT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AN
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER SHALL INCLUDE A SPOUSE, OR A BIRTH OR 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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. Subdivision 6 of section 2632 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 455 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
follows:
6. The board of visitors shall require an applicant for admission to
such home, OR THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A VETERAN APPLICANT FOR
ADMISSION, IF APPLICABLE, to file an affidavit of New York state resi-
dence and the affidavits of at least two householders in and residents
of the county in New York state of which the applicant claims at the
time of such application to be a resident OR TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY
MEMBER WHO IS A RESIDENT; and such affidavits shall, on presentation, be
accepted and received as sufficient proof, unless contradicted, of the
residence of such applicant OR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF SUCH APPLICANT
in any actions or proceedings against such county in which such resi-
dence of such applicant is material.
§ 3. A veteran as described in subdivision 1 of section 2632 of the
public health law, who has a spouse, or a birth or adoptive parent,
child, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, grandparent or
grandchild, who shall have been a resident of this state for six months
prior to the date of application for admission, shall be entitled to
admission to the Long Island state veterans home at Stony Brook univer-
sity, after the approval of the application by the board of visitors or
similar authority of such home, subject to the provisions of applicable
law and to the conditions, limitations and penalties prescribed by the
regulations of the state university of New York.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.