Bill Text: NY S07339 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-21 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S07339 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07339-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7339

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 21, 2020
                                       ___________

        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 on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    13  manner as section 1 of chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, takes effect.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14542-01-9