Bill Text: NY S03641 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3641 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the division of veterans' affairs to establish and operate an electronic database of the number of openings in each of the 4 state veterans' homes and the number of persons on the waiting list for each such veterans' home.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S03641 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03641-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3641

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 30, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 and the public health law, in relation
          to directing the division of veterans' affairs to establish and  oper-
          ate  a  publicly accessible electronic database of the availability of
          openings for admission to state veterans' homes

          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 26 to read as follows:
     3    26. To, in consultation and cooperation with the department of health,
     4  establish  and operate an internet website electronic database, accessi-
     5  ble to the public, which provides the number of available  openings  for
     6  eligible  individuals  at each state veterans' home operated pursuant to
     7  article twenty-six-A of the public health law. In addition,  such  elec-
     8  tronic  database shall, for each such veterans' home, provide the number
     9  of eligible individuals who are on the waiting list for admission to the
    10  state veterans' home and information on the admission process including,
    11  but not  limited  to,  eligibility  requirements  relating  to  military
    12  service  history, honorable discharge, service connected disability, and
    13  skilled nursing needs. The division and the department of  health  shall
    14  jointly  ensure  that  the information posted on the electronic database
    15  established pursuant to this subdivision is maintained and updated on  a
    16  real time basis as such information changes.
    17    §  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2636 to
    18  read as follows:
    19    § 2636. State veterans' home electronic database. The department shall
    20  fully cooperate with the division of veterans' affairs to establish  and
    21  operate  the electronic database provided for in subdivision twenty-five
    22  of section three hundred fifty-three of the executive law,  and  provide

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07712-01-1

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     1  information  relating  to the state veterans' homes operated pursuant to
     2  this article to such division on a real time basis.
     3    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it shall have become a law. Provided, however that, effective immediate-
     5  ly, any actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its
     6  effective date are authorized to be completed on or before such date.