Bill Text: NY A01206 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to use of personal confidential information received from veterans or family members of veterans receiving services from the state and political subdivisions thereof.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-11-05 - signed chap.322 [A01206 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01206-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1206
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CUSICK, BARRETT, BRINDISI, DiPIETRO, LUPARDO,
          MAGNARELLI, SEPULVEDA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  LUPINACCI  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to personal confidential
          information obtained from  veterans  or  family  members  of  veterans
          receiving services from the state and political subdivisions thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  354-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 354-e. Use of personal confidential information obtained from veter-
     4  ans  or family members of veterans receiving services from the state and
     5  political subdivisions thereof.   1.  Departments,  divisions,  bureaus,
     6  boards, commissions and agencies of the state and political subdivisions
     7  thereof,  which  provide assistance, treatment, counseling, care, super-
     8  vision or custody in service  areas  involving  health,  mental  health,
     9  family  services,  criminal  justice  or employment shall be required to
    10  solicit information on whether their customer or client is a veteran  as
    11  defined in section eighty-five of the civil service law or family member
    12  of  a  veteran.  Any  new forms created after the effective date of this
    13  section shall contain the following questions: "Have you served  in  the
    14  United  States  Armed Forces?" "Has someone in your family served in the
    15  United States military?"
    16    2. Individuals identifying themselves as having served in the military
    17  or a family member shall be  advised  that  the  division  of  veterans'
    18  affairs  and  local  veterans  service  agencies established pursuant to
    19  section three hundred fifty-seven of this article provide assistance  to
    20  veterans  regarding  benefits  under  federal and state law. Information
    21  regarding veterans and military status provided  by  assisted    persons
    22  solely  to  implement this section shall be protected as personal confi-
    23  dential material, and used only to assist in the  diagnosis,  treatment,
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  assessment  and  handling  of  the veteran's or family member's problems
     2  within the agency requesting  such  information  and  in  referring  the
     3  veteran  or  family  member to the division of veterans' affairs for the
     4  information  and  assistance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements
     5  under federal and state law.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     7  have  become a law; provided that any rules or regulations necessary for
     8  the implementation of this act on its effective date shall be promulgat-
     9  ed on or before such date.