Bill Text: NY S06610 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to use of personal confidential information received from veterans or family members of veterans receiving services from the state and political subdivisions thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-13 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1206 [S06610 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06610-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6610
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 7, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to personal  confidential
          information  obtained  from  veterans  or  family  members of veterans
          receiving services from the state and political subdivisions thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 354-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 354-e. Use of personal confidential information obtained from veter-
     4  ans or family members of veterans receiving services from the state  and
     5  political  subdivisions  thereof.    1. Departments, divisions, bureaus,
     6  boards, commissions and agencies of the state and political subdivisions
     7  thereof, which provide assistance, treatment, counseling,  care,  super-
     8  vision  or  custody  in  service  areas involving health, mental health,
     9  family services, criminal justice or employment  shall  be  required  to
    10  solicit  information on whether their customer or client is a veteran as
    11  defined in section eighty-five of the civil service law or family member
    12  of a veteran. Any new forms created after the  effective  date  of  this
    13  section  shall  contain the following questions: "Have you served in the
    14  United States Armed Forces?" "Has someone in your family served  in  the
    15  United States military?"
    16    2. Individuals identifying themselves as having served in the military
    17  or  a  family  member  shall  be  advised that the division of veterans'
    18  affairs and local veterans  service  agencies  established  pursuant  to
    19  section  three hundred fifty-seven of this article provide assistance to
    20  veterans regarding benefits under federal  and  state  law.  Information
    21  regarding  veterans  and  military  status provided by assisted  persons
    22  solely to implement this section shall be protected as  personal  confi-
    23  dential  material,  and used only to assist in the diagnosis, treatment,
    24  assessment and handling of the veteran's  or  family  member's  problems
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00370-01-7
        S. 6610                             2
     1  within  the  agency  requesting  such  information  and in referring the
     2  veteran or family member to the division of veterans'  affairs  for  the
     3  information  and  assistance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements
     4  under federal and state law.
     5    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     6  have become a law; provided that any rules or regulations necessary  for
     7  the implementation of this act on its effective date shall be promulgat-
     8  ed on or before such date.