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A07967 Summary:

A07967 Actions:

A07967 Committee Votes:

Committee:VETERANS' AFFAIRS   Chair:DenDekker      
DATE:05/17/2016AYE/NAY:16/0  Action: Favorable         
DenDekker
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Absent
McDonough
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Curran
Aye
Schimel
Aye
Tenney
Aye
Russell
Aye
Lalor
Aye
Miller
Aye
Brindisi
Aye
Ryan
Absent
Barrett
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Skoufis
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hunter
Aye

A07967 Floor Votes:

A07967 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7967--B
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 2, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RAMOS
          --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs --
          recommitted to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs in  accordance  with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
          reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation
          to health care options for veterans
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 23 to read as follows:
     3    23. To maintain a fact sheet on the division's webpage containing  (a)
     4  contact information for all veterans integrated service networks located
     5  within  the  state  and  (b)  current contact information for the United
     6  States veterans health administration including VA medical  centers  and
     7  clinics.  The  fact  sheet  shall be entitled, "Information for Veterans
     8  concerning Health Care Options" and shall be updated annually.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 2805-b of  the  public  health  law,  as
    10  added by chapter 694 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
    11    5.  The  staff of a general hospital shall: (a) inquire whether or not
    12  the person admitted [is a veteran, as defined in section eighty-five  of
    13  the  civil  service  law]  has served in the United States armed forces.
    14  Such information shall be listed on  the  admissions  form[.  The  staff
    15  shall];  (b) notify any admittee who is a veteran of the possible avail-
    16  ability of services at a hospital  operated  by  the  veterans  adminis-
    17  tration,  and,  upon  request  by  the  admittee,  such staff shall make
    18  arrangements for the individual's transfer to a veterans  administration
    19  operated  hospital[. Transfers], provided, however, that transfers shall
    20  be authorized only after it has been determined, according  to  accepted
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  clinical  and medical standards, that the patient's condition has stabi-
     2  lized and transfer can be accomplished safely and without  complication;
     3  and  (c)  provide any admittee who has served in the United States armed
     4  forces  with  a  copy of the "Information for Veterans concerning Health
     5  Care Options" fact  sheet,  maintained  by  the  division  of  veterans'
     6  affairs  pursuant  to  subdivision twenty-three of section three hundred
     7  fifty-three of the executive law prior to  discharging  or  transferring
     8  the patient. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for
     9  notifying  such admittees of possible available services and for arrang-
    10  ing a requested transfer.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    12  section  one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it
    13  shall have become a law; and provided further that section two  of  this
    14  act  shall  take  effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall
    15  have become a law.