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A04201 Summary:

A04201 Actions:

A04201 Committee Votes:

Committee:VETERANS' AFFAIRS   Chair:Jean-Pierre      
DATE:05/16/2023AYE/NAY:18/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
McDonough
Excused
Stern
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Jones
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Buttenschon
Aye
Rajkumar
Aye
Septimo
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Cunningham
Aye
Eachus
Aye
Raga
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:06/07/2023AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Excused
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Excused

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/07/2023AYE/NAY:34/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Ramos
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Joyner
Absent
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye

A04201 Floor Votes:

A04201 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4201--B
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. STERN, SIMPSON, EACHUS, RAGA, RAJKUMAR, SANTABAR-
          BARA,  NOVAKHOV,  CHANG  -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Veterans' Affairs  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and
          referred  to  the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  veterans' services law, in relation to veterans
          health care
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  veterans'  services  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 18-a to read as follows:
     3    § 18-a. Veteran health care review. 1. The department, in consultation
     4  with the department of health, shall undertake a study regarding  veter-
     5  an health   care as provided  in  this  section.  Such  study  shall  be
     6  completed  and reported to the legislature on or before December thirty-
     7  first, two thousand twenty-five.
     8    2. The veteran health care review shall comprehensively study  efforts
     9  that  can  be made to improve veterans' health care in the state includ-
    10  ing, but not be limited to:
    11    (a) increasing access by veterans and   their   families   to   health
    12  care coverage and services;
    13    (b) leveraging existing resources and structures in areas where veter-
    14  ans and their families are able to easily access such resources;
    15    (c)  ensuring    the needs of veterans and their families are incorpo-
    16  rated in all state efforts to expand  access  to   affordable,   quality
    17  health care;
    18    (d)  ensuring    veterans    and  their families have access to mental
    19  health  treatment,  including  for   post-traumatic   stress   disorder,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02560-03-3
        A. 4201--B                          2
 
     1  depression,  anxiety,  military  sexual  trauma, reproductive and mental
     2  health conditions, and suicide prevention;
     3    (e)  increasing  primary, reproductive and mental health care services
     4  and resources for women veterans;
     5    (f) identifying  all federal and other health benefits, coverage,  and
     6  services available to veterans and their families; and
     7    (g) more effectively coordinating with other local, state, and federal
     8  departments    and agencies, health care providers, and health insurance
     9  programs to help veterans and their  beneficiaries  apply  for  coverage
    10  under such programs, including helping veterans overcome barriers within
    11  the  health care system, to ensure enrollment in health plans and effec-
    12  tive delivery and coordination of health services.
    13    3. As part of the study, the department shall also:
    14    (a) evaluate whether the needs of veterans and their families are  met
    15  by existing health care and veterans' programs;
    16    (b) examine the existing health care services and resources  available
    17  to  women  veterans,  assess  if the existing services and resources are
    18  serving the needs of women  veterans,  and  provide  recommendations  to
    19  further  expand  access to additional health care services and resources
    20  for women veterans;
    21    (c) provide recommendations for steps that could be taken to  increase
    22  access to affordable, quality health care;
    23    (d)  consider  the  effects  of designating health care navigators who
    24  would assist veterans in navigating the complexities of accessing health
    25  care benefits and services;
    26    (e) evaluate the extent to which veterans in the state are  experienc-
    27  ing  delays  in  the receipt of health care services and ways to provide
    28  assistance to those  veterans  having  difficulty  receiving  timely  or
    29  adequate care; and
    30    (f)  evaluate  the  potential  effectiveness  of  health  care  choice
    31  accounts, deposits into which shall be  deductible  from  the  veteran's
    32  state personal income tax, for veteran members of the organized militia,
    33  particularly those who served on active duty in a combat zone designated
    34  by the president of the United States and have a current disability that
    35  was incurred or aggravated as a result of such service.  For purposes of
    36  this  section  the term "health care choice account" shall mean an indi-
    37  vidual savings account, owned by a veteran for the purpose of  obtaining
    38  health  care from the provider of their choice, when after making appli-
    39  cation to or attempting to  schedule  an  appointment  for  health  care
    40  services  through the federal veterans health administration the veteran
    41  has been unable to receive such services in a timely manner.
    42    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    43  have become a law.