Bill Text: NY S00448 | 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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-26 - SUBSTITUTED BY A2014 [S00448 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S00448-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 448 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 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
