New York S 8247: Makes technical corrections relating to the title of the commissioner of veterans' services

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S08247 Summary:

BILL NOS08247 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08475

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 202, Eld L; amd 19.07, Ment Hyg L; amd 99-v, St Fin L

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Makes technical corrections relating to the title of the commissioner of veterans' services.

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BILL NOS08247 

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05/27/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2016

06/13/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A8475

&nbspA08475 AMEND= Berger

&nbsp05/16/2025referred to veterans' affairs

&nbsp05/19/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/04/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/06/2025reported 

&nbsp06/06/2025rules report cal.470

&nbsp06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.470

&nbsp06/06/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/06/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/06/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/13/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S8247

&nbsp06/13/20253RD READING CAL.2016

&nbsp06/13/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/13/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp11/17/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp11/21/2025signed chap.537

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8247

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 elder law, the mental hygiene law, and the state
 finance law, in relation to making technical corrections relating to
 the title of the commissioner of veterans' services

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 202 of the elder law, as amended
 2 by section 1 of subpart J of part XX of chapter 55 of the laws of 2020,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 15. to periodically, in consultation with the state [director] commis-
 5 sioner of veterans' services, review the programs operated by the office
 6 to ensure that the needs of the state's aging veteran population are
 7 being met and to develop improvements to programs to meet such needs;
 8 § 2. Subdivision (i) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law, as
 9 amended by section 31-a of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is
 10 amended to read as follows:
 11 (i) The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse services] addiction
 12 services and supports shall periodically, in consultation with the state
 13 [director] commissioner of veterans' services: (1) review the programs
 14 operated by the office to ensure that the needs of the state's veterans
 15 who served in the U.S. armed forces and who are recovering from alcohol
 16 and/or substance abuse are being met and to develop improvements to
 17 programs to meet such needs; and (2) in collaboration with the state
 18 [director] commissioner of veterans' services and the commissioner of
 19 the office of mental health, review and make recommendations to improve
 20 programs that provide treatment, rehabilitation, relapse prevention, and
 21 recovery services to veterans who have served in a combat theatre or
 22 combat zone of operations and have a co-occurring mental health and
 23 alcoholism or substance abuse disorder.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13160-01-5

 S. 8247 2

 1 § 3. Subdivisions 1 and 5 of section 99-v of the state finance law, as
 2 amended by section 17 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the commission-
 5 er of taxation and finance, the New York state [director] commissioner
 6 of veterans' services and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as
 7 the "homeless veterans assistance fund".
 8 5. Moneys shall be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant of
 9 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the New York state
 10 [director] commissioner of veterans'