STATE OF NEW YORK
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8499--A
IN SENATE
March 8, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
land Security and Military Affairs -- reported favorably from said
committee and committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for the
New York state of health to help veterans ascertain their eligibility
for healthcare through the department of veterans affairs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 268-c of the public health law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 26 to read as follows:
3 26. Ascertain if a Marketplace applicant is eligible for healthcare
4 through the United States department of veterans affairs and, if eligi-
5 ble for such healthcare, provide the Marketplace applicant with
6 resources to allow them to meet with a local intake coordinator with the
7 United States department of veterans affairs. Such resources shall
8 include, but not be limited to, help scheduling a meeting with the
9 intake coordinator.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
11 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
12 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
13 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
14 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14905-02-2
