Bill Text: NY S03137 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to veterans' health care options and requires the division of veterans' affairs to post certain information on its website.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-24 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7967B [S03137 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03137-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3137--C
            Cal. No. 360
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 2, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs -- reported  favorably  from  said  committee,
          ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
          by  Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
          restored to third reading, amended and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its  place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the Commit-
          tee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs in  accordance
          with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8 -- 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, passed by Senate and delivered  to
          the  Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third reading
        AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation
          to health care options for veterans
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 23 to read as follows:
     3    23. To maintain a fact sheet on the division's webpage containing  (a)
     4  contact information for all veterans integrated service networks located
     5  within  the  state  and  (b)  current contact information for the United
     6  States veterans health administration including VA medical  centers  and
     7  clinics.  The  fact  sheet  shall be entitled, "Information for Veterans
     8  concerning Health Care Options" and shall be updated annually.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 2805-b of  the  public  health  law,  as
    10  added by chapter 694 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
    11    5.  The  staff of a general hospital shall: (a) inquire whether or not
    12  the person admitted [is a veteran, as defined in section eighty-five  of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02433-07-6
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     1  the  civil  service  law]  has served in the United States armed forces.
     2  Such information shall be listed on  the  admissions  form[.  The  staff
     3  shall];  (b) notify any admittee who is a veteran of the possible avail-
     4  ability  of  services  at  a  hospital operated by the veterans adminis-
     5  tration, and, upon request  by  the  admittee,  such  staff  shall  make
     6  arrangements  for the individual's transfer to a veterans administration
     7  operated hospital[. Transfers], provided, however, that transfers  shall
     8  be  authorized  only after it has been determined, according to accepted
     9  clinical and medical standards, that the patient's condition has  stabi-
    10  lized  and transfer can be accomplished safely and without complication;
    11  and (c) provide any admittee who has served in the United  States  armed
    12  forces  with  a  copy of the "Information for Veterans concerning Health
    13  Care Options" fact  sheet,  maintained  by  the  division  of  veterans'
    14  affairs  pursuant  to  subdivision twenty-three of section three hundred
    15  fifty-three of the executive law prior to  discharging  or  transferring
    16  the patient. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for
    17  notifying  such admittees of possible available services and for arrang-
    18  ing a requested transfer.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    20  section  one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it
    21  shall have become a law; and provided further that section two  of  this
    22  act  shall  take  effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall
    23  have become a law.