NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8501A

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May 20, 2022	print number 8501a
May 20, 2022	amend (t) and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
Mar 08, 2022	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

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2021-S8501 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10252
Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §354-a, Exec L; amd §7, Veterans' Services L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2023-2024: S2406, A2726
2025-2026: A80

2021-S8501 - Summary

Establishes a program for the sharing of veteran contact information.

2021-S8501 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8501

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a program
for the sharing of veteran contact information

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The bill allows the New York State Divisions of Veteran Services to
create a program that would share the contact information of veterans
between itself and all veteran-related programs. The bill also states
that state departments would require assisted people to provide informa-
tion regarding their veteran status.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The bill amends the executive law by adding a new section of
section 354-a chapter 602 which establishes a program that allows for
the contact information of veteran to respective veteran organizations.

Section 2. The Bill allows state departments to request assisted persons
to provide information regarding their veteran status. This act shall
take effect 118 days after it becomes law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

State agencies are not required to share the contact information of
veterans that is collected bythe New York State Divisions of Veteran
Services. If this information were made available to the New York State
Division of Veteran Services, it would significantly improve the depart-
ments Veteran Engagement and outreach.

This bill proposes an amendment to Article 17 of New York States Execu-
tive .Law, that would allow the New York State Division Veteran Servies
to create a program that would maintain the contact information of the
veterans with the existing veteran related programs. The bill also
proposes that the assisted person would need to provide information
regarding their veteran status to receive the intended benefits from the
veteran-related programs.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 118 days after it becomes law.

2021-S8501 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8501
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a program
   for the sharing of veteran contact information
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 354-a of the executive law, as amended by chapter
 602 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 354-a. Information on status of veterans  receiving  assistance.  1.
 THE  DIVISION  SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PROGRAM FOR THE SHARING OF
 VETERAN CONTACT INFORMATION BETWEEN VETERAN  RELATED  PROGRAMS  AND  THE
 DIVISION.  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL  CONSIST  OF ANY VETERAN RELATED PROGRAM
 UNDER ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BUREAU, BOARD, COMMISSION AND AGENCY  OF
 THE  STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO:  (A)  PROGRAMS  THAT  OFFER  PROPERTY  TAX  EXEMPTIONS,  INCOME  TAX
 EXEMPTIONS, AND/OR TAX CREDITS TO VETERANS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXA-
 TION  AND  FINANCE;  (B)  PROGRAMS  THAT OFFER DISCOUNTS TO STATE PARKS,
 HISTORIC SITES, AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO VETERANS UNDER THE OFFICE
 OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION; (C) PROGRAMS THAT DELIV-
 ER CAREER SERVICES TO  VETERANS  UNDER  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR;  (D)
 PROGRAMS  THAT  FACILITATE  LONG  TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR VETERAN
 SENIORS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING; (E)  PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES, PROGRAMS THAT FACIL-
 ITATE  THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERANS, AND
 PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT VETERAN HOME OWNERSHIP  UNDER  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL; (F) PROGRAMS THAT FACILITATE THE CREATION
 OF  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  SPECIFICALLY  FOR  VETERANS UNDER THE OFFICE OF
 TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND/OR THE OFFICE OF MENTAL  HEALTH;
 (G)  PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE FREE OR REDUCED FEE SPORTING LICENSE AND/OR
 PRIVILEGES TO VETERANS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVA-
 TION;  AND (H) PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION BENEFITS TO
 VETERANS AND VETERAN FAMILY MEMBERS UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION  SERVICES
 CORPORATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14890-01-2
 S. 8501                             2

   2.  Departments,  divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies
 of the state and political subdivisions thereof, which  provide  assist-
 ance,  treatment,  counseling,  care,  supervision or custody in service
 areas involving health, mental health, family services, criminal justice
 or  employment,  including  but  not  limited to the office of addiction
 services and supports, office of mental health, office of probation  and
 correctional  alternatives,  office  of  children  and  family services,
 office of temporary and disability  assistance,  department  of  health,
 department  of  labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards, office for
 people with developmental disabilities, and  department  of  corrections
 and  community  supervision,  shall  request assisted persons to provide
 information with regard to their veteran  status  and  military  experi-
 ences.  Individuals  identifying themselves as veterans, including indi-
 viduals requesting and obtaining a veterans notation on  their  driver's
 license  or  non-driver  identification  card  pursuant to sections four
 hundred ninety and five hundred two of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,
 shall  be  advised  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  under  federal  and  state law. Information regarding veterans
 status and military service  provided  by  assisted  persons  solely  to
 implement  this  section  shall  be  protected  as personal confidential
 information under article six-A  of  the  public  officers  law  against
 disclosure  of  confidential  material,  and  used only to assist in the
 diagnosis, treatment, assessment and handling of the veteran's  problems
 within  the  agency  requesting  such  information  and in referring the
 veteran to the  division  of  veterans'  services  for  information  and
 assistance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements under federal and
 state law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that if  chapter  602  of
 the laws of 2021 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then
 this  act  shall  take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
 such chapter of the laws of 2021 takes  effect.  Effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10252
Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §354-a, Exec L; amd §7, Veterans' Services L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2023-2024: S2406, A2726
2025-2026: A80

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a program for the sharing of veteran contact information.

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8501A

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law and the veterans' services law, in
relation to establishing a program for the sharing of veteran contact
information

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The bill allows the New York State Divisions of Veterans' Services to
create a program that would share the contact information of veterans
between itself and all veteran-related programs. The bill also states
that state departments would require assisted people to provide informa-
tion regarding their veteran status.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The bill amends the executive law and veterans' services law
by adding a new section which establishes a program that allows for the
contact information of veteran to respective veteran organizations.

Section 2. The Bill allows state departments to request assisted persons
to provide information regarding their veteran status. This act shall
take effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

State agencies are not required to share the contact information of
veterans that is collected by the New York State Divisions of Veterans'
Services. If this information were made available to the New York State
Division of Veteran Services, it would significantly improve the depart-
ments Veteran Engagement and outreach.

This bill proposes an amendment to the New York States Executive Law and
Veterans' Services Law that would allow the New York State Division
Veterans' Services to create a program that would maintain the contact
information of the veterans with the existing veteran related programs.
The bill also proposes that the assisted person would need to provide
information regarding their veteran status to receive the intended bene-
fits from the veteran-related programs.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 180 days after it becomes law.

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8501--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  veterans'  services  law,  in
   relation  to establishing a program for the sharing of veteran contact
   information
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 354-a of the executive law, as amended by chapter
 602 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 354-a. Information on status of veterans  receiving  assistance.  1.
 THE  DIVISION  SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PROGRAM FOR THE SHARING OF
 VETERAN CONTACT INFORMATION BETWEEN VETERAN  RELATED  PROGRAMS  AND  THE
 DIVISION.  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL  CONSIST  OF ANY VETERAN RELATED PROGRAM
 UNDER ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BUREAU, BOARD, COMMISSION AND AGENCY  OF
 THE  STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO:  (A)  PROGRAMS  THAT  OFFER  PROPERTY  TAX  EXEMPTIONS,  INCOME  TAX
 EXEMPTIONS, AND/OR TAX CREDITS TO VETERANS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXA-
 TION  AND  FINANCE;  (B)  PROGRAMS  THAT OFFER DISCOUNTS TO STATE PARKS,
 HISTORIC SITES, AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO VETERANS UNDER THE OFFICE
 OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION; (C) PROGRAMS THAT DELIV-
 ER CAREER SERVICES TO  VETERANS  UNDER  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR;  (D)
 PROGRAMS  THAT  FACILITATE  LONG  TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR VETERAN
 SENIORS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING; (E)  PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES, PROGRAMS THAT FACIL-
 ITATE  THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERANS, AND
 PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT VETERAN HOME OWNERSHIP  UNDER  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL; (F) PROGRAMS THAT FACILITATE THE CREATION
 OF  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  SPECIFICALLY  FOR  VETERANS UNDER THE OFFICE OF
 TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND/OR THE OFFICE OF MENTAL  HEALTH;
 (G)  PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE FREE OR REDUCED FEE SPORTING LICENSE AND/OR
 PRIVILEGES TO VETERANS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVA-
 TION;  AND (H) PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION BENEFITS TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14890-04-2
 S. 8501--A                          2
 
 VETERANS AND VETERAN FAMILY MEMBERS UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION  SERVICES
 CORPORATION.
   2.  Departments,  divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies
 of the state and political subdivisions thereof, which  provide  assist-
 ance,  treatment,  counseling,  care,  supervision or custody in service
 areas involving health, mental health, family services, criminal justice
 or employment, including but not limited  to  the  office  of  addiction
 services  and supports, office of mental health, office of probation and
 correctional alternatives,  office  of  children  and  family  services,
 office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance, department of health,
 department of labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards,  office  for
 people  with  developmental  disabilities, and department of corrections
 and community supervision, shall request  assisted  persons  to  provide
 information  with  regard  to  their veteran status and military experi-
 ences. Individuals identifying themselves as veterans,  including  indi-
 viduals  requesting  and obtaining a veterans notation on their driver's
 license or non-driver identification  card  pursuant  to  sections  four
 hundred  ninety  and  five  hundred  two of the vehicle and traffic law,
 shall be advised 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 under federal and state  law.  Information  regarding  veterans
 status  and  military  service  provided  by  assisted persons solely to
 implement this section  shall  be  protected  as  personal  confidential
 information  under  article  six-A  of  the  public officers law against
 disclosure of confidential material, and used  only  to  assist  in  the
 diagnosis,  treatment, assessment and handling of the veteran's problems
 within the agency requesting  such  information  and  in  referring  the
 veteran  to  the  division  of  veterans'  services  for information and
 assistance with regard to benefits and entitlements  under  federal  and
 state law.
   §  2.  Section  7  of the veterans' services law is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 7. Information on status of veterans receiving assistance.   1.  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND  MAINTAIN A PROGRAM FOR THE SHARING OF
 VETERAN CONTACT INFORMATION BETWEEN VETERAN  RELATED  PROGRAMS  AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT.  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL CONSIST OF ANY VETERAN RELATED PROGRAM
 UNDER ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BUREAU, BOARD, COMMISSION AND AGENCY  OF
 THE  STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO:  (A)  PROGRAMS  THAT  OFFER  PROPERTY  TAX  EXEMPTIONS,  INCOME  TAX
 EXEMPTIONS, AND/OR TAX CREDITS TO VETERANS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXA-
 TION  AND  FINANCE;  (B)  PROGRAMS  THAT OFFER DISCOUNTS TO STATE PARKS,
 HISTORIC SITES, AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO VETERANS UNDER THE OFFICE
 OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION; (C) PROGRAMS THAT DELIV-
 ER CAREER SERVICES TO  VETERANS  UNDER  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR;  (D)
 PROGRAMS  THAT  FACILITATE  LONG  TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR VETERAN
 SENIORS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING; (E)  PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES, PROGRAMS THAT FACIL-
 ITATE  THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERANS, AND
 PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT VETERAN HOME OWNERSHIP  UNDER  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL; (F) PROGRAMS THAT FACILITATE THE CREATION
 OF  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  SPECIFICALLY  FOR  VETERANS UNDER THE OFFICE OF
 TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND/OR THE OFFICE OF MENTAL  HEALTH;
 (G)  PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE FREE OR REDUCED FEE SPORTING LICENSE AND/OR
 PRIVILEGES TO VETERANS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVA-
 TION;  AND (H) PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION BENEFITS TO
 S. 8501--A                          3

 VETERANS AND VETERAN FAMILY MEMBERS UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION  SERVICES
 CORPORATION.
   2.  Departments,  divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies
 of the state and political subdivisions thereof, which  provide  assist-
 ance,  treatment,  counseling,  care,  supervision or custody in service
 areas involving health, mental health, family services, criminal justice
 or employment, including but not limited  to  the  office  of  addiction
 services  and supports, office of mental health, office of probation and
 correctional alternatives,  office  of  children  and  family  services,
 office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance, department of health,
 department of labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards,  office  for
 people  with  developmental  disabilities, and department of corrections
 and community supervision, shall request  assisted  persons  to  provide
 information  with  regard  to  their veteran status and military experi-
 ences. Individuals identifying themselves as veterans shall  be  advised
 that  the  department  of veterans' services and local veterans' service
 agencies established  pursuant  to  section  fourteen  of  this  article
 provide  assistance  to  veterans  regarding  benefits under federal and
 state law. Information regarding veterans status  and  military  service
 provided  by  assisted persons solely to implement this section shall be
 protected as personal confidential information under  article  six-A  of
 the public officers law against disclosure of confidential material, and
 used only to assist in the diagnosis, treatment, assessment and handling
 of  the veteran's problems within the agency requesting such information
 and in referring the veteran to the department of veterans' services for
 information and assistance with  regard  to  benefits  and  entitlements
 under federal and state law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that:
   (a)  if chapter 602 of the laws of 2021 shall not have taken effect on
 or before such date then this act shall take effect on the same date and
 in the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2021, takes effect;
   (b) that the amendments to section 354-a of the executive law made  by
 section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith;
   (c) if section 2 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2022  shall
 not  have  taken  effect on or before such date then section two of this
 act shall take effect on the same date and in the same  manner  as  such
 chapter of the laws of 2022, takes effect; and
   (d)  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.

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Senate Bill S8501A

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Bill Amendments

2021-S8501 - Details

2021-S8501 - Summary

2021-S8501 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8501 - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Senate Bill S8501A

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Sponsored By

Jamaal T. Bailey

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Bill Amendments

2021-S8501 - Details

2021-S8501 - Summary

2021-S8501 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8501 - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8501A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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