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History
- Print number 5799b
- Amend and recommit to finance
- Reported and committed to finance
- Print number 5799a
- Amend (t) and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
- Referred to rules
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Provides additional health services and employment benefits for veterans
In Assembly Committee · Veterans' Affairs · Sponsor Charles Lavine
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation to providing certain benefits to veterans; and to amend the social services law and the correction law, in relation to requiring certain reports relating to veterans
Purpose
To create a study on various important aspects of the lives of this State's veterans.
Summary of specific provisions
COUNSELING : Section 1 amends the executive law to require the division of veterans' affairs to develop with the department of mental health a program to identify and treat veterans suffering from psychological/psychiatric/physical injuries.
Homeless veterans
Recent news accounts relate that the number of homeless veterans is far greater than previously believed. For that reason, Section 2 mandates that the State Director shall investigate and report annually on the number of homeless veterans in New York.
Healthcare
Section 3 creates the Veterans Health Care Program in the New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs to provide information for veterans, their families and health care providers on health issues associated with military duty such as post-traumatic stress disorder and brain-related injuries (in addition to already included features such as Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome, toxic materials or harmful physical agents such as depleted uranium and hepatitis C).
Hunger and nutrition
Section 4 requires OTDA to report annually to the legislature on the number of deployed veterans, families who are receiving food stamps or are participating in food assistance programs in New York.
Imprisoned veterans
Section 5 requires that the State Commissioner of Correctional Services shall report annually to the legislature on the number of veterans who are inmates in New York State and local correctional facilities.
Justification
Current deployments to the Middle East involve long, dangerous and repeated tours of duty, with our citizen soldiers and their families performing above and beyond the call of duty. This bill will serve to assist veterans and their families by helping to determine the numbers in need and by maintaining the work salaries for deployed members of service.
Fiscal implications
Minimal.
Effective date
Immediately.
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