Senate Bill S7501

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to veterans health care

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Current Bill Status Via A4201 - Vetoed by Governor

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

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2023-S7501 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4201
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18-a, Veterans' Services L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A7538

2023-S7501 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to veterans' health care; creates a veteran health care review to ensure veterans and their families have access to health and mental health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, military sexual trauma, reproductive and mental health conditions, and suicide prevention.

2023-S7501 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7501 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7501
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 veterans' services  law,  in  relation  to  veterans
   health care
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The veterans' services law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 18-a to read as follows:
   § 18-A. VETERAN HEALTH CARE REVIEW. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL UNDERTAKE A STUDY REGARDING  VETER-
 AN  HEALTH    CARE  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SECTION. SUCH STUDY SHALL BE
 COMPLETED AND REPORTED TO THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER  THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
   2.  THE VETERAN HEALTH CARE REVIEW SHALL COMPREHENSIVELY STUDY EFFORTS
 THAT CAN BE MADE TO IMPROVE VETERANS' HEALTH CARE IN THE  STATE  INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  INCREASING  ACCESS  BY VETERANS AND   THEIR  FAMILIES  TO  HEALTH
 CARE COVERAGE AND SERVICES;
   (B) LEVERAGING EXISTING RESOURCES AND STRUCTURES IN AREAS WHERE VETER-
 ANS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO EASILY ACCESS SUCH RESOURCES;
   (C) ENSURING  THE NEEDS OF VETERANS AND THEIR  FAMILIES  ARE  INCORPO-
 RATED  IN  ALL STATE EFFORTS TO EXPAND  ACCESS  TO  AFFORDABLE,  QUALITY
 HEALTH CARE;
   (D) ENSURING   VETERANS   AND THEIR FAMILIES  HAVE  ACCESS  TO  MENTAL
 HEALTH   TREATMENT,   INCLUDING   FOR  POST-TRAUMATIC  STRESS  DISORDER,
 DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, MILITARY SEXUAL  TRAUMA,  REPRODUCTIVE  AND  MENTAL
 HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND SUICIDE PREVENTION;
   (E)  INCREASING  PRIMARY, REPRODUCTIVE AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
 AND RESOURCES FOR WOMEN VETERANS;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02560-04-3
 S. 7501                             2

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