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A02357 Summary:

A02357 Actions:

A02357 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:05/17/2016AYE/NAY:34/0  Action: Favorable         
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Saladino
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Corwin
Aye
Perry
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Colton
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Wright
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Markey
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye

A02357 Floor Votes:

A02357 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2357--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 16, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. LAVINE, LUPARDO, RUSSELL, SCHIMEL, SIMANOWITZ,
          JAFFEE, SKARTADOS, BROOK-KRASNY, BARRETT,  SCARBOROUGH,  COOK,  CLARK,
          MOYA,  OTIS,  PERRY  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, CROUCH,
          CYMBROWITZ,  DUPREY,  FAHY,  JOHNS,  KEARNS,  MALLIOTAKIS,  McDONOUGH,
          McKEVITT,  MONTESANO,  RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Veterans' Affairs -- 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 certain
          benefits to veterans; and to amend the correction law, in relation  to
          requiring certain reports relating to veterans
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 3803 of the public health law, as
     2  amended by chapter 743 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  There  is hereby created within the department the veterans health
     5  care information program (referred to in this section as the "program"),
     6  which shall provide information on health issues associated  with  mili-
     7  tary duty, including but not limited to Agent Orange, spina bifida, Gulf
     8  War  Syndromes,  toxic  materials  or  harmful  physical agents such as,
     9  depleted uranium, and hepatitis C,  and  specific  mental  and  physical
    10  health  issues including post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain
    11  injury and other brain-related injuries, for veterans,  their  surviving
    12  spouses, children of veterans and health care providers.
    13    §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 29 of the correction law, as amended by
    14  section 12 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,  is
    15  amended to read as follows:
    16    1.  The  department  shall  continue to collect, maintain, and analyze
    17  statistical and other information  and  data  with  respect  to  persons
    18  subject to the jurisdiction of the department, including but not limited
    19  to: (a) the number of such persons: placed in the custody of the depart-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07378-02-5
        A. 2357--A                          2
 
     1  ment,  assigned  to  a  specific  department program, accorded community
     2  supervision and declared delinquent, recommitted to a state correctional
     3  institution upon revocation of community supervision, or discharged upon
     4  maximum  expiration  of  sentence;  (b)  the  criminal  history  of such
     5  persons; (c) the social, educational, and  vocational  circumstances  of
     6  any such persons; [and,] (d) the institutional and community supervision
     7  programs  and  the behavior of such persons; and, (e) the military back-
     8  ground and circumstances, if such person served  in  the  United  States
     9  armed  forces.  Provided, however, in the event any statistical informa-
    10  tion on the ethnic background of the inmate population of a correctional
    11  facility or facilities is collected by the department, such  statistical
    12  information  shall  contain, but not be limited to, the following ethnic
    13  categories: (i) Caucasian;  (ii)  Asian;  (iii)  American  Indian;  (iv)
    14  Afro-American/Black;  and  (v)  Spanish speaking/Hispanic which category
    15  shall include, but  not  be  limited  to,  the  following  subcategories
    16  consisting  of:  (1)  Puerto Ricans; (2) Cubans; (3) Dominicans; and (4)
    17  other Hispanic nationalities.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law; provided, that  any  rules  and  regulations
    20  necessary  for  the  timely  implementation of this act on its effective
    21  date shall be promulgated on or before such date.