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Senate Bill S4567

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for the New York state of health to help veterans ascertain their eligibility for health care through the department of veterans affairs

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2025-S4567 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §268-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8499
2023-2024: S2323

2025-S4567 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the New York state of health to help veterans ascertain their eligibility for health care through the department of veterans affairs.

2025-S4567 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4567 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4567
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for the
   New York state of health to help veterans ascertain their  eligibility
   for health care through the department of veterans affairs

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 268-c of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   27. ASCERTAIN IF A MARKETPLACE APPLICANT IS ELIGIBLE FOR  HEALTH  CARE
 THROUGH  THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND, IF ELIGI-
 BLE FOR  SUCH  HEALTH  CARE,  PROVIDE  THE  MARKETPLACE  APPLICANT  WITH
 RESOURCES  TO  ALLOW  THEM TO APPLY FOR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS THROUGH THE
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08674-01-5

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