S09315 Summary:
| BILL NO | S09315 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A10163 |
| SPONSOR | SCARCELLA-SPANTON |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §4, Veterans' Services L | |
| 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. | |
S09315 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9315 IN SENATE February 27, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home- land Security and Military 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