What's happening
The bill requires the New York veterans' services website to link to a free, region-specific mobile app for veterans' information.
Why it matters
Improves access to local resources. By requiring the mobile app to provide information on a region-specific basis, the bill ensures veterans can more easily find services and programs that are available in their immediate area, making support more relevant and actionable.
Centralizes information for veterans and families. The app and its website link will be a one-stop resource for benefits, health referrals, job and educational opportunities, and more, streamlining how veterans and their families find and access assistance.
Reduces barriers to digital access. Mandating a prominent website link to the free mobile app helps veterans who may not be tech-savvy or aware of available tools, making it easier for them to discover and download the app.
Supports informed decision-making. By consolidating federal, state, and local service information in one place, veterans are better equipped to take advantage of programs they might otherwise miss, potentially impacting their quality of life and well-being.
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Link Vet App on Website
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Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Substituted by S4477A
- Advanced to third reading cal.429
- Reported
- Print number 6792a
- Amend and recommit to veterans' affairs
- 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.
Link Vets App to Website
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Anna Kaplan
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6792--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to webpage access to any mobile application used to search for veterans' services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 14-a of section 353 of the executive law, as added by chapter 358 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
14-a. To establish, operate and maintain a free mobile application, under the supervision of the state director, for the purposes of providing veterans and their family members with information, available on a region-specific basis, relating to services provided by the division as well as services and programs provided to veterans by other state agencies, the federal government, and other organizations. Such services and programs shall include, but not be limited to educational and job benefits, tuition assistance programs, survivor benefits, health and mental health referrals, and real property tax exemptions. The division's website shall contain a link to the free mobile application.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10734-02-9
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