Bill Text: NY A02014 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to defining certain qualifying conditions for veterans; includes individuals licensed to provide health care services within the state of New York as someone a veteran may disclose military sexual trauma to.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-31 - signed chap.111 [A02014 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A02014-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2014 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to defining certain qual- ifying conditions for veterans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 350 of the executive law, as added 2 by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 3 8. The term "qualifying condition" means a diagnosis of post-traumatic 4 stress disorder or traumatic brain injury made by, or an experience of 5 military sexual trauma, as described in 38 USC 1720D, as amended from 6 time to time, disclosed to, an individual licensed to provide health 7 care services at a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility 8 or an individual licensed to provide health care services within the 9 state of New York. The division shall develop a standardized form used 10 to confirm that the veteran has a qualifying condition under this subdi- 11 vision. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02518-01-1
