Assembly Bill A8390

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing a help/crisis line to assist veterans

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A8390 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2283
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3803, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7322
2017-2018: S4524
2021-2022: A5832, S666

2019-A8390 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing a help/crisis line to assist veterans.

2019-A8390 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8390
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing  a  help
   line/crisis line to assist veterans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  2  of  section  3803  of  the
 public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 743 of the laws of 2006, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) establishment of a toll-free telephone hotline to provide informa-
 tion regarding health care providers and treatment centers  with  exper-
 tise  in  illnesses  associated with military duty AND A TOLL-FREE TELE-
 PHONE NUMBER FOR USE AS (I) A CLEARINGHOUSE BY VETERANS, ACTIVE  MEMBERS
 OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GUARD, AND
 THEIR FAMILIES TO OBTAIN, IN RESPONSE TO THEIR REQUESTS  ABOUT  BENEFITS
 OR  SERVICES  THAT  MAY  BE AVAILABLE TO SUCH VETERANS, MEMBERS OR THEIR
 FAMILIES, REFERRALS TO ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE SUCH BENEFITS OR  SERVICES,
 AND (II) A CRISIS LINE TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM VETER-
 ANS  THAT IS MODELED ON THE FEDERAL VETERANS' CRISIS LINE. THE TOLL-FREE
 TELEPHONE NUMBER SHALL BE STAFFED BY EMPLOYEES OF OR TRAINED  VOLUNTEERS
 WORKING AT THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' SERVICES ON WEEKDAYS DURING REGULAR
 BUSINESS  HOURS,  AND ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS FROM NINE O'CLOCK A.M. TO
 FIVE O'CLOCK P.M.; and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07103-03-9

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