Requires the department of veterans' services to obtain information from the United States department of veterans affairs related to the county of residence of New York state veterans discharged from active service, in which county such veterans reside, and transfer such information to the appropriate county veteran service agency.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8900
IN SENATE
January 14, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- 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 veterans' services law, in relation to directing the
department of veterans' services to obtain certain information from
the United States 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 4 of the veterans' services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 40 to read as follows:
3 40. To obtain contact information from the United States department of
4 veterans affairs related to any New York state veterans discharged from
5 active service, and to transfer such information to the appropriate
6 county veteran service agency.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13498-02-6
