Relates to defining certain qualifying conditions for veterans; includes individuals licensed to provide health care services within the state of New York as someone a veteran may disclose military sexual trauma to.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN SENATE
January 21, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to defining certain qual-
ifying conditions for veterans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 350 of the executive law, as added
2 by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
3 8. The term "qualifying condition" means a diagnosis of post-traumatic
4 stress disorder or traumatic brain injury made by, or an experience of
5 military sexual trauma, as described in 38 USC 1720D, as amended from
6 time to time, disclosed to, an individual licensed to provide health
7 care services at a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility
8 or an individual licensed to provide health care services within the
9 state of New York. The division shall develop a standardized form used
10 to confirm that the veteran has a qualifying condition under this subdi-
11 vision.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
13 manner as section 1 of chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14542-01-9
