Directs the department of veterans' services to conduct pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits available to veterans and their families and how to apply for such benefits.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10163
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to pre-release
briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and
state benefits
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 40 to read as follows:
3 40. To conduct a pre-release briefing as part of the discharge plan-
4 ning process with any incarcerated individual who is a veteran, prior to
5 their release from a state correctional institution, to explain and
6 share information relating to federal and state benefits available to
7 veterans and their families and how to apply for such benefits. The
8 department shall consult with the department of corrections and communi-
9 ty supervision to implement the provisions of this section.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14764-01-6
