Bill Text: NY S02424 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the state director of veterans' affairs to submit a plan once every 5 years to the veterans' affairs commission for the provision of services to service-disabled veterans; directs such commission to approve such plan prior to its implementation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-05 - referred to veterans' affairs [S02424 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02424-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2424--B Cal. No. 512 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the state director of veterans' affairs to submit a plan relating to coordinated services for service-disabled veterans to the veterans' affairs commission The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby recognizes that 2 New York state's veterans, particularly those who suffered service-re- 3 lated disabilities, have unique needs as a result of the sacrifices they 4 made during their military service. It is also hereby acknowledged by 5 the legislature that due to the complexity of their needs, such individ- 6 uals require accessible, coordinated, and specialized services within 7 their communities from multiple state and local agencies. The legisla- 8 ture finds that there is an immediate need for a statewide comprehensive 9 program to coordinate such services. 10 § 2. Section 352 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 11 subdivision 6 to read as follows: 12 6. The state director shall submit a plan to the commission by July 13 first, two thousand eighteen, and every five years thereafter, with 14 findings and recommendations to: 15 (a) promote the implementation of a comprehensive statewide program of 16 coordinated services for service-disabled veterans that includes: 17 (i) matters pertaining to educational training and retraining services 18 and facilities; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00716-05-7S. 2424--B 2 1 (ii) health, medical and rehabilitation services; 2 (iii) employment and re-employment services; 3 (iv) housing options; 4 (v) transportation options; 5 (vi) long term care options; 6 (vii) personal care; 7 (viii) day program service options; 8 (ix) family outreach; and 9 (x) other essential services that maximize existing resources; 10 (b) disseminate general information about available services to 11 service-disabled veterans and how such services may be accessed; and 12 (c) conduct an ongoing evaluation on the needs of service disabled 13 veterans. 14 Upon receipt of such plan from the state director, the commission 15 shall vote within ninety days on whether to approve, modify or reject 16 the plan; provided, however, if the commission modifies or rejects the 17 plan, the state director shall resubmit the plan to the commission with- 18 in six months for approval. 19 Upon approval of the plan by the commission, the state director shall 20 submit within thirty days of such approval a copy of the plan to the 21 governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
