STATE OF NEW YORK
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6792--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- 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 executive law, in relation to webpage access to any
mobile application used to search for veterans' services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 14-a of section 353 of the executive law, as
2 added by chapter 358 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
3 14-a. To establish, operate and maintain a free mobile application,
4 under the supervision of the state director, for the purposes of provid-
5 ing veterans and their family members with information, available on a
6 region-specific basis, relating to services provided by the division as
7 well as services and programs provided to veterans by other state agen-
8 cies, the federal government, and other organizations. Such services and
9 programs shall include, but not be limited to educational and job bene-
10 fits, tuition assistance programs, survivor benefits, health and mental
11 health referrals, and real property tax exemptions. The division's
12 website shall contain a link to the free mobile application.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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