Bill Text: NY S08499 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the New York state of health to help veterans ascertain their eligibility for healthcare through the department of veterans affairs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-20 - PRINT NUMBER 8499A [S08499 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8499

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 8, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for  the
          New  York state of health to help veterans ascertain their eligibility
          for healthcare through the department of veterans affairs

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 268-c of the public health law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 25 to read as follows:
     3    25.  Ascertain  if  a Marketplace applicant is eligible for healthcare
     4  through the United States department of veterans affairs and, if  eligi-
     5  ble   for  such  healthcare,  provide  the  Marketplace  applicant  with
     6  resources to allow them to meet with a local intake coordinator with the
     7  United States department  of  veterans  affairs.  Such  resources  shall
     8  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  help scheduling a meeting with the
     9  intake coordinator.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    12  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    13  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    14  on or before such effective date.





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