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                                  7701--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 6, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- 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 directing the
   department of veterans' services to establish and maintain, in consul-
   tation and collaboration with other state agencies, a searchable data-
   base  of resources available in the state for veterans, members of the
   uniformed services, and their families
 
   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 39 to read as follows:
   39. (A) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN, IN CONSULTATION  AND  COLLABORATION
 WITH  OTHER  STATE AGENCIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES,
 THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND THE DEPARTMENT  OF
 FINANCIAL  SERVICES, A SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE
 STATE FOR VETERANS, MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES, AND  THEIR  FAMI-
 LIES. SUCH DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (1)  GENERAL  INFORMATION  ABOUT AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR RESOURCES
 AVAILABLE THROUGH FEDERAL, STATE,  AND  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  AGENCIES  AND
 OTHER  ORGANIZATIONS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE RELATING TO
 VETERANS' BENEFITS, HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, VETERAN-OWNED BUSI-
 NESSES, SURVIVOR BENEFITS, SUBSTANCE USE  DISORDER  TREATMENT,  PHYSICAL
 DISABILITIES, EDUCATIONAL AND JOB BENEFITS, TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS,
 HEALTH  AND  MENTAL  HEALTH  REFERRALS,  REAL  PROPERTY  TAX EXEMPTIONS,
 SUICIDE PREVENTION, AND PEER OUTREACH AND SUPPORT;
   (2) INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE APPLICATION, ESTABLISHED
 UNDER SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF THIS SECTION; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (3) LINKS TO THE DEPARTMENT'S SMALL BUSINESS PORTAL, ESTABLISHED UNDER
 SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT'S  VETERANS'  EMPLOY-
 MENT PORTAL, ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF THIS SECTION, THE
 DEPARTMENT'S  MENTAL  HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
 PORTALS, ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS SECTION, AND
 THE DEPARTMENT'S MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA PORTAL, ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBDI-
 VISION THIRTY-TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  THE  DATABASE  CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE MADE
 AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND SHALL BE REVIEWED AND  UPDATED
 AT LEAST ANNUALLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.