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
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2424--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HAMILTON, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home- land Security and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the powers and duties of 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. Subdivision 5 of section 352 of the executive law, as amended by 11 chapter 501 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new subdivision 6 is 12 added to read as follows: 13 5. The commission shall have[, and it shall be its duty, to] the 14 following powers and duties: 15 (i) assist the state director in the formulation of policies affecting 16 veterans; [and in the] 17 (ii) assist the state director in coordination of all operations of 18 state agencies relating to veterans' affairs[.]; 19 (iii) promote the implementation of a comprehensive statewide program 20 of coordinated services for service-disabled veterans that includes: (a) 21 matters pertaining to educational training and retraining services and 22 facilities, (b) health, medical and rehabilitation services, (c) employ- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00716-04-7S. 2424--A 2 1 ment and re-employment services, (d) housing options, (e) transportation 2 options, (f) long term care options, (g) personal care, (h) day program 3 service options, (i) family outreach and (j) other essential services 4 that maximize existing resources; 5 (iv) to disseminate general information about available services to 6 service-disabled veterans and how such services may be accessed; and 7 (v) to conduct on an ongoing evaluation of the needs of service disa- 8 bled veterans. 9 6. The chairperson shall provide a report to the governor and the 10 senate committee on veterans, homeland security and military affairs, 11 and the assembly committee on veterans' affairs annually by March first. 12 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the 14 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 15 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 16 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.