Bill Text: NY S02738 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S02738 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02738-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2738
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        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 twenty, and every five years thereafter, with  find-
    14  ings 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;
    19    (ii) health, medical and rehabilitation services;
    20    (iii) employment and re-employment services;
    21    (iv) housing options;
    22    (v) transportation options;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05493-01-9
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     1    (vi) long term care options;
     2    (vii) personal care;
     3    (viii) day program service options;
     4    (ix) family outreach; and
     5    (x) other essential services that maximize existing resources;
     6    (b)  disseminate  general  information  about  available  services  to
     7  service-disabled veterans and how such services may be accessed; and
     8    (c) conduct an ongoing evaluation on the  needs  of  service  disabled
     9  veterans.
    10    Upon  receipt  of  such  plan  from the state director, the commission
    11  shall vote within ninety days on whether to approve,  modify  or  reject
    12  the  plan;  provided, however, if the commission modifies or rejects the
    13  plan, the state director shall resubmit the plan to the commission with-
    14  in six months for approval.
    15    Upon approval of the plan by the commission, the state director  shall
    16  submit  within  thirty  days  of such approval a copy of the plan to the
    17  governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.