NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2036

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3237 - Signed by Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 09, 2021	approval memo.57 signed chap.657
Nov 29, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 02, 2021	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1101 substituted for s2036b
Jun 02, 2021	substituted by a3237a
May 24, 2021	advanced to third reading amended 2036b
May 20, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 18, 2021	1st report cal.1101
May 12, 2021	print number 2036a
May 12, 2021	amend and recommit to local government
Jan 19, 2021	referred to local government

Votes

- Jun 2, 2021 - Floor Vote
  A3237
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 2, 2021
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
  May 18, 2021 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S2036
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: May 18, 2021
      
      aye (7)
      
      Borrello
      
      Brooks
      
      Gaughran
      
      Hinchey
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Thomas

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

co-Sponsors

2021-S2036 - Details

Law Section:: County Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §677, County L; amd §353, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S6807

2021-S2036 - Summary

Provides that the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner shall promptly report to the division of veterans' services, in a form developed and provided by such division, any death which appears to be a suicide by a person who, to the knowledge of the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner, is a veteran; a report shall be provided to the governor and legislature on certain suicide statistics no later than June 13, 2024.

2021-S2036 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2036

SPONSOR: BROOKS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the county law and the executive law, in relation to the
reporting of a veteran's suicide

 
PURPOSE:

Requires the Division of Veterans Service to design a form that coron-
ers, coroner's physicians and medical examiners will use to report
deaths of veterans they suspect have been caused by suicide.  The report
will be provided to DVS.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends section 677of the County Law by adding a new subdivi-
sion 10 to direct a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner to
report, through the use of a one page form, to the Division of Veterans'
Affairs, any death which appears to be a suicide by a person who is

believed to be a veteran.

Section 2 amends the Executive Law to add a new subdivision directing
the Division of Veterans' Affairs to develop a one page form to be used
by a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner for reporting any
death which appears to be a suicide by a person who is believed to be a
veteran.

Section 3 establishes that the Division of Veterans' Affairs must estab-
lish and implement the procedures and forms necessary for implementation
of this act within 60 days.

Section 4 establishes an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the Pentagon's annual suicide report, active duty military
suicides hit a record high in 2018, jumping by 13%.  Additionally,
according to the 2019 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Report, the
number of veteran suicides has exceeded 6,000 each year from 2008 to
2017. In November 2017, the New York State Suicide Prevention Task Force
was created. This past April, the Task Force released a report on its
findings. Among its many findings specifically related to veterans, the
Task Force found that veteran suicide rates are significantly higher
than those rates of non-veterans. Issues with reporting data, often
inaccurate and incomplete, are a common issue in both national and state
reports. This legislation is an attempt to improve the data gathering
methods to respond with appropriate measures. If a coroner or the person
acting on his/her behalf has reason to believe there has been a suicide
by a veteran, he/she shall notify the Division of Veterans' Affairs
through the use of a simple one-page form, provided by DVS.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Nominal cost to Division of Veterans' Services.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S2036 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2036
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BROOKS, HELMING, JORDAN -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Local
   Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law and the executive law, in relation to the
   reporting of a veteran's suicide
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 677 of the county law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. THE CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER SHALL PROMPT-
 LY  REPORT  TO  THE  DIVISION  OF  VETERANS' AFFAIRS, IN A ONE PAGE FORM
 DEVELOPED AND PROVIDED BY SUCH DIVISION, ANY DEATH WHICH APPEARS TO BE A
 SUICIDE BY A PERSON WHO, TO THE  KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  CORONER,  CORONER'S
 PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER, IS A VETERAN.
   §  2.  Section  353  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 25 to read as follows:
   25. TO DEVELOP A ONE PAGE FORM BY WHICH A CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN
 OR MEDICAL EXAMINER SHALL FILL OUT TO REPORT TO THE DIVISION  ANY  DEATH
 WHICH  APPEARS  TO BE A SUICIDE BY A PERSON WHO, TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
 CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER,  IS  A  VETERAN.  THIS
 FORM  SHALL  PROVIDE  THE  ADDRESS  TO WHICH THE FORM IS TO BE MAILED OR
 SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY.
   § 3. Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, the division of
 veterans' affairs shall establish and implement the procedures and forms
 necessary for the implementation of this act.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03672-01-1

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2021-S2036A - Details

Law Section:: County Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §677, County L; amd §353, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S6807

2021-S2036A - Summary

2021-S2036A - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2036A

SPONSOR: BROOKS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the county law and the executive law, in relation to the
reporting of a veteran's suicide

 
PURPOSE:

Requires the Division of Veterans Service to design a form that coron-
ers, coroner's physicians and medical examiners will use to report
deaths of veterans they suspect have been caused by suicide.  The report
will be provided to DVS.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends section 677of the County Law by adding a new subdivi-
sion 10 to direct a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner to
report, through the use of a one page form, to the Division of Veterans'
Services, any death which appears to be a suicide by a person who is

believed to be a veteran.

Section 2 amends the Executive Law to add a new subdivision directing
the Division of Veterans' Services to develop a one page form to be used
by a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner for reporting any
death which appears to be a suicide by a person who is believed to be a
veteran.

Section 3 establishes that the Division of Veterans' Services must
establish and implement the procedures and forms necessary for implemen-
tation of this act within 60 days.

Section 4 establishes an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the Pentagon's annual suicide report, active duty military
suicides hit a record high in 2018, jumping by 13%.  Additionally,
according to the 2019 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Report, the
number of veteran suicides has exceeded 6,000 each year from 2008 to
2017. In November 2017, the New York State Suicide Prevention Task Force
was created. This past April, the Task Force released a report on its
findings. Among its many findings specifically related to veterans, the
Task Force found that veteran suicide rates are significantly higher
than those rates of non-veterans. Issues with reporting data, often
inaccurate and incomplete, are a common issue in both national and state
reports. This legislation is an attempt to improve the data gathering
methods to respond with appropriate measures. If a coroner or the person
acting on his/her behalf has reason to believe there has been a suicide
by a veteran, he/she shall notify the Division of Veterans' Services
through the use of a simple one-page form, provided by DVS.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Nominal cost to Division of Veterans' Services.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 90 days after it shall become law.

2021-S2036A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2036--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BROOKS, HELMING, JORDAN -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Local
   Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law and the executive law, in relation to the
   reporting of a veteran's suicide
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 677 of the county law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. THE CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER SHALL PROMPT-
 LY  REPORT  TO  THE  DIVISION  OF VETERANS' SERVICES, IN A ONE PAGE FORM
 DEVELOPED AND PROVIDED BY SUCH DIVISION, ANY DEATH WHICH APPEARS TO BE A
 SUICIDE BY A PERSON WHO, TO THE  KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  CORONER,  CORONER'S
 PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER, IS A VETERAN.
   §  2.  Section  353  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 26 to read as follows:
   26. TO DEVELOP A ONE PAGE FORM BY WHICH A CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN
 OR MEDICAL EXAMINER SHALL FILL OUT TO REPORT TO THE DIVISION  ANY  DEATH
 WHICH  APPEARS  TO BE A SUICIDE BY A PERSON WHO, TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
 CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER,  IS  A  VETERAN.  THIS
 FORM  SHALL  PROVIDE  THE  ADDRESS  TO WHICH THE FORM IS TO BE MAILED OR
 SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY.
   § 3. Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, the division of
 veterans' services shall establish  and  implement  the  procedures  and
 forms necessary for the implementation of this act.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03672-04-1

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2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: County Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §677, County L; amd §353, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S6807

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2036B

SPONSOR: BROOKS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the county law and the executive law, in relation to the
reporting of a veteran's suicide

 
PURPOSE:

Requires the Division of Veterans Service to design a form that coron-
ers, coroner's physicians and medical examiners will use to report
deaths of veterans they suspect have been caused by suicide.  The report
will be provided to DVS.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends section 677of the County Law by adding a new subdivi-
sion 10 to direct a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner to
report, through the use of a one page form, to the Division of Veterans'
Services, any death which appears to be a suicide by a person who is

believed to be a veteran.

Section 2 amends the Executive Law to add a new subdivision 26 directing
the Division of Veterans' Services to develop a one page form to be used
by a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner for reporting any
death which appears to be a suicide by a person who is believed to be a
veteran, encompassing various privacy protections therein. The section
also stipulates that the form shall be forwarded to the Office of Mental
Hygiene.

Section 3 directs the Department of Veterans' Services to create a
report in conjunction with the Office of Mental Hygiene and the Depart-
ment of Health on the data that they have collected. The report shall be
given to the Governor and the Legislature no later than June 13, 2024
and every three years after and will be posted on the department's
website as well.

Section 4 is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the Pentagon's annual suicide report, active duty military
suicides hit a record high in 2018, jumping by 13%.  Additionally,
according to the 2019 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Report, the
number of veteran suicides has exceeded 6,000 each year from 2008 to
2017. In November 2017, the New York State Suicide Prevention Task Force
was created. This past April, the Task Force released a report on its
findings. Among its many findings specifically related to veterans, the
Task Force found that veteran suicide rates are significantly higher
than those rates of non-veterans. Issues with reporting data, often
inaccurate and incomplete, are a common issue in both national and state
reports. This legislation is an attempt to improve the data gathering
methods to respond with appropriate measures. If a coroner or the person
acting on his/her behalf has reason to believe there has been a suicide
by a veteran, he/she shall notify the Division of Veterans' Services
through the use of a simple one-page form, provided by DVS.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Nominal cost to Division of Veterans' Services.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 180 days after it shall become law.  Effec-
tive immediately, the addition, or amendment and/or repeal of any rule
of regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2036--B
     Cal. No. 1101
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BROOKS, HELMING, BORRELLO, HINCHEY, JORDAN, RATH --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --  committee  discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee  --  reported  favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
   second report, amended on second report, ordered to a  third  reading,
   and  to  be  reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of
   third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law and the executive law, in relation to the
   reporting of a veteran's suicide
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  677 of the county law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. THE CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER SHALL  REPORT
 TO  THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' SERVICES, IN A FORM, AND TIME FRAME DEVEL-
 OPED BY SUCH DIVISION IN A MANNER THAT  IS  PROTECTIVE  OF  PRIVACY  AND
 CONTAINS  AGGREGATE, RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL DATA TO THE EXTENT PRACTICA-
 BLE, ANY DEATH WHICH APPEARS TO BE A SUICIDE BY A  PERSON  WHO,  TO  THE
 KNOWLEDGE  OF THE CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER, IS A
 VETERAN.
   § 2. Section 353 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 26 to read as follows:
   26.  (A)  TO DEVELOP A FORM BY WHICH A CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN OR
 MEDICAL EXAMINER, PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN  OF  THE
 COUNTY LAW, SHALL REPORT TO THE DIVISION ANY DEATH WHICH APPEARS TO BE A
 SUICIDE  BY  A  PERSON  WHO,  TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CORONER, CORONER'S
 PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER, IS A VETERAN. THIS FORM SHALL AT A  MINI-
 MUM:  (I)  ENSURE  COMPLIANCE WITH THE STRICTEST PRIVACY PROTECTIONS AND
 ENCOURAGE DATA AGGREGATION TO THE  EXTENT  FEASIBLE;  (II)  PROVIDE  THE
 ADDRESS  TO  WHICH THE FORM IS TO BE MAILED OR SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03672-05-1

 S. 2036--B                          2
 
 AND (III) INCLUDE THE COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND THE BRANCH OF  SERVICE  OF
 DECEASED VETERANS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD.
   (B)  THE  DIVISION SHALL: (I) FORWARD COMPLETED FORMS TO THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HYGIENE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF SECTION 7.07 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW IN A TIMELY MANNER; AND (II) COMPILE  SUCH  INFORMATION  FOR
 INCLUSION IN THE ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   §  3.  Section  353  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6-b to read as follows:
   6-B. TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT A REPORT IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  HEALTH  AND  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MENTAL HYGIENE INCLUDING THE
 FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO THE EXTENT IT IS REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE: (A) THE
 NUMBER OF VETERANS WHO DIED BY SUICIDE; (B) TRENDS OF  VETERANS  SUICIDE
 RATES  OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING DETAILS BY PERIOD OF MILITARY
 SERVICE; AND (C) A COMPARISON  OF  VETERANS  SUICIDE  RATES  BY  COUNTY,
 STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR
 AND  LEGISLATURE NO LATER THAN JUNE THIRTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
 AND EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER. SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO BE MADE  AVAIL-
 ABLE ON THE DIVISION'S WEBSITE.
   § 4. 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.

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Senate Bill S2036

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3237 - Signed by Governor

Jun 2, 2021 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 2, 2021

May 18, 2021 - Local Government Committee Vote

Local Government Committee Vote: May 18, 2021

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2021-S2036 - Details

2021-S2036 - Summary

2021-S2036 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2036 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-S2036A - Details

2021-S2036A - Summary

2021-S2036A - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2036A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3237 - Signed by Governor

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2021-S2036 - Details

2021-S2036 - Summary

2021-S2036 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2036 - Bill Text download pdf

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2021-S2036A - Details

2021-S2036A - Summary

2021-S2036A - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2036A - Bill Text download pdf

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2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2036B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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