Bill Text: NY S07610 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to designating health care providers who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or an experience of military sexual trauma in veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-30 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S07610 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S07610-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7610 IN SENATE January 30, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- 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 authorizing certain health care providers in the state to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury 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 facili-8ty] in the state of New York. The division shall develop a standardized 9 form used to confirm that the veteran has a qualifying condition under 10 this subdivision. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 12 manner as 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. LBD14909-01-0