Bill Text: NY A10258 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the division of veterans' affairs to establish, operate and maintain a free mobile application for the purposes of providing veterans and their family members with information relating to services provided by the division and other state agencies, the federal government and other organizations; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - signed chap.358 [A10258 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A10258-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10258 IN ASSEMBLY May 18, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BLAKE, HUNTER, ROZIC, WRIGHT, SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to a free mobile applica- tion established, operated and maintained by the division of veterans' affairs 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 14-a 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 relating to 6 services provided by the division as well as services and programs 7 provided to veterans by other state agencies, the federal government, 8 and other organizations. Such services and programs shall include, but 9 not be limited to educational and job benefits, tuition assistance 10 programs, survivor benefits, health and mental health referrals, and 11 real property tax exemptions. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15524-01-6
