Updates statute directing agencies to seek information on the status of veterans receiving assistance to promote referral of veterans to agencies for benefits.

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A37-2011 Actions

• Jan 23, 2012: enacting clause stricken
• Jan 23, 2012: committed to veterans' affairs
• Jan 4, 2012: ordered to third reading cal.2
• Jan 4, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jan 4, 2012: DIED IN SENATE
• May 16, 2011: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
• May 16, 2011: delivered to senate
• May 16, 2011: passed assembly
• May 12, 2011: advanced to third reading cal.286
• May 10, 2011: reported
• Apr 7, 2011: print number 37a
• Apr 7, 2011: amend and recommit to veterans' affairs
• Jan 5, 2011: referred to veterans' affairs

A37-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                     37

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
    on Veterans' Affairs

  AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to veterans' benefits

    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  separately  amended
  by  sections  34  and 68 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
  amended to read as follows:

    S 354-a. Information  on  status  of  veterans  receiving  assistance.
  Departments, 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  alcoholism  and
  substance  abuse  services, 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  [of
  mental  retardation  and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH developmental disabilities,
  department of  correctional  services  and  division  of  parole,  shall
  request  assisted  persons  to  provide information with regard to their
  veteran status and military experiences. Individuals  identifying  them-
  selves  as  veterans  shall  be  advised  that the division of veterans'
  affairs 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

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD00584-01-1

 A. 37                               2

  the diagnosis, treatment, assessment and handling of the veteran's prob-
  lems  within the agency requesting such information and in referring the
  veteran to the division of veterans' affairs for information and assist-
  ance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements under federal and state
  law.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.