Bill Text: NY S02424 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the state director of veterans' affairs to submit a plan once every 5 years to the veterans' affairs commission for the provision of services to service-disabled veterans; directs such commission to approve such plan prior to its implementation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-05 - referred to veterans' affairs [S02424 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02424-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            Cal. No. 512
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said  committee  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading
        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to directing the state
          director of veterans' affairs to submit a plan relating to coordinated
          services  for  service-disabled  veterans  to  the  veterans'  affairs
          commission
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby recognizes  that
     2  New  York  state's veterans, particularly those who suffered service-re-
     3  lated disabilities, have unique needs as a result of the sacrifices they
     4  made during their military service. It is also  hereby  acknowledged  by
     5  the legislature that due to the complexity of their needs, such individ-
     6  uals  require  accessible,  coordinated, and specialized services within
     7  their communities from multiple state and local agencies.  The  legisla-
     8  ture finds that there is an immediate need for a statewide comprehensive
     9  program to coordinate such services.
    10    §  2.  Section  352  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
    11  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    12    6. The state director shall submit a plan to the  commission  by  July
    13  first,  two  thousand  eighteen,  and  every five years thereafter, with
    14  findings and recommendations to:
    15    (a) promote the implementation of a comprehensive statewide program of
    16  coordinated services for service-disabled veterans that includes:
    17    (i) matters pertaining to educational training and retraining services
    18  and facilities;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (ii) health, medical and rehabilitation services;
     2    (iii) employment and re-employment services;
     3    (iv) housing options;
     4    (v) transportation options;
     5    (vi) long term care options;
     6    (vii) personal care;
     7    (viii) day program service options;
     8    (ix) family outreach; and
     9    (x) other essential services that maximize existing resources;
    10    (b)  disseminate  general  information  about  available  services  to
    11  service-disabled veterans and how such services may be accessed; and
    12    (c) conduct an ongoing evaluation on the  needs  of  service  disabled
    13  veterans.
    14    Upon  receipt  of  such  plan  from the state director, the commission
    15  shall vote within ninety days on whether to approve,  modify  or  reject
    16  the  plan;  provided, however, if the commission modifies or rejects the
    17  plan, the state director shall resubmit the plan to the commission with-
    18  in six months for approval.
    19    Upon approval of the plan by the commission, the state director  shall
    20  submit  within  thirty  days  of such approval a copy of the plan to the
    21  governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.