Senate Bill S7706

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to veteran access to certain benefits

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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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2021-S7706 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8729
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §368-a, Exec L; amd §2805-o, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.2977-A & A.6100-A)

2021-S7706 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to veteran access to certain benefits regarding temporary shelter, nursing homes, residential health care facilities, adult care facilities, etc.; requires the division to encourage all temporary shelter providers to share information to increase veteran access to benefits.

2021-S7706 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7706
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation
   to veteran access to certain benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 368-a of the executive law, as added by a chapter
 of the laws of 2021 amending the executive law and the public health law
 relating to certain questions regarding veterans  on  intake  forms  for
 admission  and  residency,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 2977-A and A. 6100-A, is amended to read as follows:
   § 368-a. Intake forms for admission and residency. 1. The division, in
 cooperation with the office of temporary and disability assistance[, the
 office of mental health] and any other state department,  office,  divi-
 sion  or  agency  the  division  deems necessary, shall require that all
 intake forms for admission or  residency  to  any  [homeless]  TEMPORARY
 shelter  THAT  IS  REIMBURSED FROM STATE OR STATE-ADMINISTERED GRANTS OR
 FUNDS shall ask an applicant [on their intake  forms]:    "Have  you  OR
 ANYONE  IN  YOUR HOUSEHOLD ever [served] BEEN in the UNITED STATES mili-
 tary?".  [Such homeless shelter] EACH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OR SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT'S DESIGNEE shall in  writing  advise  all  individuals
 APPLYING  FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND identifying themselves as
 having [served] BEEN in the United States military that the division  of
 veterans'  services  and  local  veterans'  service agencies established
 pursuant to section three hundred fifty-seven of  this  article  provide
 assistance  to  veterans  regarding benefits available under federal and
 state law. Such written information shall include the name, address  and
 telephone  number  of the New York state division of veterans' services,
 the nearest division of veterans' services office, the nearest county or
 city veterans' service  agency  and  the  nearest  accredited  veterans'
 service  officer. [Every homeless shelter] EACH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
 OR SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT'S DESIGNEE,  with  the  permission  of  such
 individual's  identifying  themself  as  a  veteran, shall transmit such
 veteran's status information to the division of veterans' services.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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