Bill Text: NY S02673 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the division of veterans' affairs to maintain mental health, substance abuse and physical disabilities portals on its website; repeals provisions providing for a New York state interagency plan addressing needs of veterans and their families.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - SUBSTITUTED BY A587 [S02673 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02673-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2673
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Veterans,  Homeland
         Security and Military Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division
         of  veterans'  affairs  to maintain mental health, substance abuse and
         physical disabilities portals on its website; and to  repeal  subdivi-
         sions  6  and  7  of  section 352 of the executive law, relating to an
         interagency plan addressing needs of veterans and their families
         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 21 to read as follows:
    3    21.  TO  PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
    4  ASSIST VETERANS WHO EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH OR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  PROB-
    5  LEMS,  AND  VETERANS  WITH  PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, BY MAINTAINING MENTAL
    6  HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES PORTALS ON  THE  DIVI-
    7  SION'S  INTERNET  WEBSITE.  SUCH  PORTALS SHALL PROVIDE VIRTUAL LINKS TO
    8  APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS ON THE FEDERAL AND  STATE  LEVELS  AND
    9  INFORMATION  ON  SUICIDE  PREVENTION,  PEER  OUTREACH  AND  SUPPORT, AND
   10  SERVICES THAT ADDRESS THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF PHYSICALLY DISABLED VETERANS.
   11  THE DIVISION MAY CONSULT WITH THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF
   12  ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND
   13  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR.  THE  DIVISION  SHALL MAKE REFERENCE TO THIS
   14  INFORMATION PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FOUR-A AND FOUR-B OF  THIS
   15  SECTION  AND  IN  THE  ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE
   16  REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF THIS SECTION.  SUCH  INFORMA-
   17  TION  REQUIRED  UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND UPDATED
   18  ANNUALLY.
   19    S 2. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 352  of  the  executive  law  are
   20  REPEALED.
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04285-01-3