New York S 3326: Establishes the "New York's Own combat veterans healthcare choice program act" to establish tax free savings accounts to pay the healthcare costs of certain combat veterans until covered by the federal government

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S03326 Summary:

BILL NOS03326 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04765

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SPONSORASHBY

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CHAN, HELMING, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, STEC, WEBER, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §216-a, Art 14 §§400 - 405, Mil L; add §82-a, St Fin L; amd §5205, CPLR; amd §§612 & 658, Tax L; amd
§190, Exec L

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Establishes the "New York's Own combat veterans healthcare choice program act" to establish tax free savings accounts to pay the healthcare costs of combat veterans on active duty during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, until covered by the federal government; directs the division of military and naval affairs to establish a registry of Afghanistan and Iraq veterans.

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BILL NOS03326 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3326

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. ASHBY, BORRELLO, HELMING, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUM-
 BO, RHOADS, ROLISON, STEC, WEBER, WEIK -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veter-
 ans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the military law, the state finance law, the civil prac-
 tice law and rules, the tax law and the executive law, in relation to
 establishing the "New York's Own combat veterans healthcare choice
 program act"

 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 "New York's Own combat veterans healthcare choice program act".
 3 § 2. The military law is amended by adding a new section 216-a to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 216-a. Medical care when injured or disabled in combat zone. 1. Any
 6 New York resident member of the organized militia who shall, when on
 7 active duty in a combat zone, designated by the president of the United
 8 States during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, for
 9 three hundred sixty days or more on orders issued by the governor, the
 10 commanding general of the New York army national guard, the commanding
 11 officer of the New York air national guard or the commanding officer of
 12 the naval militia, receive any wound or injury, or incur or contract any
 13 disability or disease, by reason of such duty, or who shall without
 14 fault or neglect on such service member's part be wounded or disabled
 15 while performing any lawfully ordered duty while in such a combat zone,
 16 which shall incapacitate such service member, and who is unable to
 17 receive timely or adequate healthcare services from the federal Depart-
 18 ment of Veterans Affairs within ninety days of making application for
 19 such services shall receive the payment into such service member's New
 20 York combat veterans healthcare choice account established pursuant to
 21 article fourteen of this chapter for care and medical treatment if

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03773-01-5

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 1 authority therefor is granted by the adjutant general, expenses for such
 2 care and medical attendance as are necessary for the appropriate treat-
 3 ment of the wound, injury, disease or disability may be paid from the
 4 New York combat veterans healthcare choice account as provided in arti-
 5 cle fourteen of this chapter until treatment is provided by the federal
 6 Veterans Administration, or the incapacity resulting from such wound,
 7 injury, disease or disability cannot be materially improved by further
 8 care or treatment. The determination of whether such injury or disease
 9 was incurred while performing such lawfully ordered active duty in a
 10 combat zone, designated by the president of the United States during
 11 Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, shall be in
 12 accordance with this