Senate Bill S9258

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to veterans receiving information on benefits

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Current Bill Status Via A9850 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-S9258 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9850
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7, Veterans' Services L; amd §508, V & T L

2023-S9258 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that individuals requesting and obtaining a veteran notation on such individual's driver's license or non-driver identification card shall be advised that the department of veterans' services and local veterans' service agencies provide assistance to veterans regarding benefits under federal and state law.

2023-S9258 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9258 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9258
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SCARCELLA-SPANTON, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veter-
   ans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law and the vehicle  and  traffic
   law, in relation to veterans receiving information on benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7 of the veterans' services law is amended to  read
 as follows:
   §  7. Information on status of veterans receiving assistance.  Depart-
 ments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the state
 and political subdivisions thereof, which provide assistance, 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  tempo-
 rary  and  disability  assistance,  department  of health, department of
 labor, local workforce investment boards, office for people with  devel-
 opmental  disabilities,  and  department  of  corrections  and community
 supervision, shall request assisted persons to provide information  with
 regard  to  their  veteran  status and military experiences. Individuals
 identifying themselves as veterans, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING AND
 OBTAINING A VETERAN NOTATION ON SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S  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  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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