Bill Text: NY A09981 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the duties of the division of veterans' affairs concerning information about veterans received from nursing homes and residential health care facilities, including assisted living facilities and assisted living residences and adult care facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - signed chap.467 [A09981 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9981
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 5, 2018
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Veterans' Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  duties  of  the
          division  of  veterans'  affairs concerning information about veterans
          received from nursing homes and residential  health  care  facilities,
          including assisted living facilities
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 17 and 18 of section 353 of the executive law,
     2  as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of 2004 and as renumbered by  chap-
     3  ter 652 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
     4    17.  To  process all information received from nursing homes and resi-
     5  dential health care facilities,  including  assisted-living  facilities,
     6  indicating veteran or veteran spouse status. Such processing shall occur
     7  by  transmitting  such  information  to  state counselors for review and
     8  potential linkage to applicable benefits, including but not  limited  to
     9  federal aid and attendance and a federal improved pension program. State
    10  counselors  shall  work with county counselors or any accredited service
    11  officers of an organization chartered by  the  congress  of  the  United
    12  States and/or recognized by the department of veterans affairs for claim
    13  representation  as  necessary  and  where  appropriate. Such information
    14  shall be protected as personal confidential  information  under  article
    15  six-A  of  the  public  officers  law against disclosure of confidential
    16  material, and shall be used only  to  assist  in  providing  linkage  to
    17  applicable benefits and entitlements under federal and state law.
    18    18.  To  include  within  the annual report as required by subdivision
    19  eleven of this section an accounting of the  number  of  forms  received
    20  from  nursing  homes  and  residential health care facilities, including
    21  assisted-living facilities, and the  specific  number  of  veterans  and
    22  spouses  of  veterans  linked to applicable benefits, including, but not
    23  limited to federal aid and attendance and  a  federal  improved  pension
    24  program.  Such report shall evaluate the average time taken by the divi-
    25  sion between receipt of such information, transmission to veterans coun-
    26  selors and linkage to available benefits.  Such report shall also evalu-
    27  ate the effectiveness  of  the  program  and  make  recommendations  for
    28  improvements as necessary.
    29    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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