What's happening
This bill expands veterans health information and requires data collection on the military background of incarcerated individuals in New York.
Why it matters
Broadens the scope of health care information available to veterans and their families. , including children, by mandating outreach on specific conditions like spina bifida, PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, and other combat-related health issues—potentially improving awareness, diagnosis, and care for these populations.
Requires correctional facilities to systematically gather and analyze data on the military service backgrounds of inmates. , which could lead to better identification of veterans in the criminal justice system and inform policies or programs tailored to their unique needs.
Recognizes the link between military service and both physical and mental health challenges. , promoting a more comprehensive approach to veteran support that includes not just physical illnesses but also invisible wounds such as PTSD and brain injuries, and acknowledging the potential impact on families.
May enable targeted interventions or services for incarcerated veterans. , as new data could reveal patterns or needs (such as mental health or reintegration challenges) that are distinct from the general inmate population, informing future legislative or correctional responses.
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Expand Veterans Health Info Access
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
14 Co-sponsors
History
- Substituted by S2377
- Advanced to third reading cal.39
- Reported
- Referred to veterans' affairs
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Share Health Info With Veterans’ Kids
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1804
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, LUPARDO, JAFFEE, BARRETT, COOK, OTIS, PERRY, HUNTER, COLTON, MOSLEY, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, CROUCH, FAHY, MALLIOTAKIS, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, RAIA -read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing certain benefits to veterans; and to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring certain reports relating to veterans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3803 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 743 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
1. There is hereby created within the department the veterans health care information program (referred to in this section as the "program"), which shall provide information on health issues associated with military duty, including but not limited to Agent Orange, spina bifida, Gulf War Syndromes, toxic materials or harmful physical agents such as, depleted uranium, and hepatitis C, and specific mental and physical health issues including post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other brain-related injuries, for veterans, their surviving spouses, children of veterans and health care providers.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 29 of the correction law, as amended by section 12 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
1. The department shall continue to collect, maintain, and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to persons subject to the jurisdiction of the department, including but not limited to: (a) the number of such persons: placed in the custody of the department, assigned to a specific department program, accorded community supervision and declared delinquent, recommitted to a state correctional
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institution upon revocation of community supervision, or discharged upon maximum expiration of sentence; (b) the criminal history of such persons; (c) the social, educational, and vocational circumstances of any such persons; [and,] (d) the institutional and community supervision programs and the behavior of such persons; and, (e) the military background and circumstances, if such person served in the United States armed forces. Provided, however, in the event any statistical information on the ethnic background of the inmate population of a correctional facility or facilities is collected by the department, such statistical information shall contain, but not be limited to, the following ethnic categories: (i) Caucasian; (ii) Asian; (iii) American Indian; (iv) Afro-American/Black; and (v) Spanish speaking/Hispanic which category shall include, but not be limited to, the following subcategories consisting of: (1) Puerto Ricans; (2) Cubans; (3) Dominicans; and (4) other Hispanic nationalities.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before such date.
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