New York A 8473: Enacts the "missing vulnerable veterans at risk program act"

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A08473 Summary:

BILL NOA08473 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10150

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SPONSORStern

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COSPNSRManktelow, Jones, Schiavoni, Griffin

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §837-f-3, amd §838, Exec L

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Enacts the "missing vulnerable veterans at risk program act" to establish a missing vulnerable veterans at risk program to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to the problem of missing vulnerable veterans at risk.

Go to top A08473 Actions:

BILL NOA08473 

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05/16/2025referred to veterans' affairs

05/19/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA08473 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:VETERANS' AFFAIRS Chair:Stern 
DATE:05/19/2025AYE/NAY:18/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means SternAyeManktelowAye

HunterAyeMorinelloAye

Pheffer AmatoAyeHawleyAye

JonesAyeSmullenAye

ButtenschonAyeAngelinoAye

RajkumarAye

SeptimoAbsent

BurdickAye

EachusAye

BergerAye

GriffinAye

KayAye

O'PharrowAye

SchiavoniAye

Go to topA08473 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08473 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8473

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STERN, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Veterans' Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a missing
 vulnerable veterans at risk program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "missing vulnerable veterans at risk program act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-f-3 to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 837-f-3. Missing vulnerable veterans at risk program. 1. There is
 6 hereby established within the division a missing vulnerable veterans at
 7 risk program to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to the
 8 problem of missing vulnerable veterans at risk.
 9 2. For purposes of this section:
 10 (a)"Vulnerable veteran at risk" shall mean an individual who is a
 11 United States veteran who has a cognitive impairment, mental disability,
 12 or brain disorder and whose disappearance has been determined by law
 13 enforcement to pose a creditable threat of harm to such missing individ-
 14 ual and has elected to participate in the missing vulnerable veterans at
 15 risk program.
 16 (b) "Veteran" shall mean a person who served on active duty in
 17 uniformed services of the United States regardless of discharge status;
 18 and
 19 (c) "Missing vulnerable veterans at risk alert" shall mean a method to
 20 disseminate information regarding a missing vulnerable veteran at risk
 21 to the general public in a manner consistent with paragraph (n) of
 22 subdivision three of this section.
 23 3. The commissioner shall be authorized to:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13162-01-5

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 1 (a) plan and implement programs to ensure the most effective use of
 2 federal, state, and local resources in the investigation of missing
 3 vulnerable veterans at risk;
 4 (b) disseminate a directory of resources to assist in locating missing
 5 vulnerable veterans at risk;
 6 (c) cooperate with the department of health, department of veterans'
 7 services, office of mental health, office for people with developmental
 8 disabilities, office for the aging, and other public and private organ-
 9 izations to develop education and prevention programs concerning the
 10 safety of vulnerable veterans at risk;
 11 (d) assist federal, state, and local agencies in the investigation of
 12 cases involving missing vulnerable veterans at risk;
 13 (e) utilize available resources to duplicate photographs and posters
 14 of vulnerable veterans at risk reported as missing by police and dissem-
 15 inate this information throughout the state;
 16 (f) provide assistance in returning missing vulnerable veterans at
 17 risk who are located out of state;
 18 (g) develop a curriculum for the training of law enforcement personnel
 19 investigating cases involving missing vulnerable veterans at risk,
 20 including