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A07701 Summary:

A07701 Actions:

A07701 Committee Votes:

Committee:VETERANS' AFFAIRS   Chair:Jean-Pierre      
DATE:05/14/2024AYE/NAY:17/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Stern
Aye
McDonough
Excused
Jones
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Buttenschon
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Rajkumar
Aye
Septimo
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Cunningham
Aye
Eachus
Aye
Berger
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/22/2024AYE/NAY:34/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Ramos
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Fahy
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:05/28/2024AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Excused
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Excused
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A07701 Floor Votes:

A07701 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7701--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 6, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Veterans' Affairs --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
          Veterans'  Affairs  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to directing the
          department of veterans' services to establish and maintain, in consul-
          tation and collaboration with other state agencies, a searchable data-
          base  of resources available in the state for veterans, members of the
          uniformed services, and their families
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  4  of  the  veterans' services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 39 to read as follows:
     3    39. (a) To establish and maintain, in consultation  and  collaboration
     4  with  other  state agencies including, but not limited to, the office of
     5  mental health, the department of health, the office of general services,
     6  the department of labor, the department of state, and the department  of
     7  financial  services, a searchable database of resources available in the
     8  state for veterans, members of the uniformed services, and  their  fami-
     9  lies. Such database shall include but not be limited to:
    10    (1)  general  information  about and contact information for resources
    11  available through federal, state,  and  local  government  agencies  and
    12  other  organizations  including,  but  not limited to, those relating to
    13  veterans' benefits, healthcare, housing, employment, veteran-owned busi-
    14  nesses, survivor benefits, substance use  disorder  treatment,  physical
    15  disabilities, educational and job benefits, tuition assistance programs,
    16  health  and  mental  health  referrals,  real  property  tax exemptions,
    17  suicide prevention, and peer outreach and support;
    18    (2) information about the department's mobile application, established
    19  under subdivision twenty-one of this section; and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10853-04-4
        A. 7701--A                          2
 
     1    (3) links to the department's small business portal, established under
     2  subdivision twelve of this section, the department's  veterans'  employ-
     3  ment portal, established under subdivision thirteen of this section, the
     4  department's  mental  health, substance abuse, and physical disabilities
     5  portals, established under subdivision twenty-seven of this section, and
     6  the department's military sexual trauma portal, established under subdi-
     7  vision thirty-two of this section.
     8    (b)  The  database  created pursuant to this subdivision shall be made
     9  available on the department's website and shall be reviewed and  updated
    10  at least annually.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    13  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    14  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    15  completed on or before such effective date.