Bill Text: NY S03599 | 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-07 - referred to veterans' affairs [S03599 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03599-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3599
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 25, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  ADDABBO, AVELLA, BAILEY, LATIMER -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
        AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to personal 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 information obtained from veterans or family
     4  members of veterans receiving services  from  the  state  and  political
     5  subdivisions  thereof.    1.  Departments,  divisions,  bureaus, boards,
     6  commissions and agencies of the state and political subdivisions  there-
     7  of,  which  provide assistance, treatment, counseling, care, supervision
     8  or custody in service areas  involving  health,  mental  health,  family
     9  services,  criminal  justice  or employment shall be required to solicit
    10  information on whether their customer or client is a veteran as  defined
    11  in  section  eighty-five  of the civil service law or family member of a
    12  veteran. Any new forms created after the effective date of this  section
    13  shall  contain  the  following questions: "Have you served in the United
    14  States Armed Forces?" "Has someone in your family served in  the  United
    15  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 used only to assist in  refer-
    23  ring  the  veteran or family member to the division of veterans' affairs
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00370-02-7
        S. 3599                             2
     1  for information and assistance with regard to benefits and  entitlements
     2  under federal and state law.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law; provided that any rules or regulations necessary  for
     5  the implementation of this act on its effective date shall be promulgat-
     6  ed on or before such date.