New York S 2070: Requires the department of veterans' services to establish and maintain a database of resources available in the state for veterans, members of the uniformed services, and their families

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S02070 Summary:

BILL NOS02070 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06503

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRADDABBO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING, MURRAY, OBERACKER, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §4, Veterans' Services L

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Requires the department of veterans' services to establish and maintain, in consultation and collaboration with other state agencies, a searchable database on the department's website providing resources available in the state for veterans, members of the uniformed services, and their families.

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BILL NOS02070 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

02/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.267

02/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/14/2025PASSED SENATE

05/14/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/14/2025referred to veterans' affairs

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

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

02/03/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

03/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.460

03/09/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/27/2026PASSED SENATE

04/27/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/27/2026referred to veterans' affairs

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2070

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
 land Security and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to directing the
 department of veterans' services to establish and maintain, in consul-
 tation and collaboration with other state agencies, a searchable data-
 base of resources available in the state for veterans, members of the
 uniformed services, 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 4 of the veterans' services law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 40 to read as follows:
 3 40. (a) To establish and maintain, in consultation and collaboration
 4 with other state agencies including, but not limited to, the office of
 5 mental health, the department of health, the office of general services,
 6 the department of labor, the department of state, and the department of
 7 financial services, a searchable database of resources available in the
 8 state for veterans, members of the uniformed services, and their fami-
 9 lies. Such database shall include but not be limited to:
 10 (1) general information about and contact information for resources
 11 available through federal, state, and local government agencies and
 12 other organizations including, but not limited to, those relating to
 13 veterans' benefits, healthcare, housing, employment, veteran-owned busi-
 14 nesses, survivor benefits, substance use disorder treatment, physical
 15 disabilities, educational and job benefits, tuition assistance programs,
 16 health and mental health referrals, real property tax exemptions,
 17 suicide prevention, and peer outreach and support;
 18 (2) information about the department's mobile application, established
 19 under subdivision twenty-one of this section; and
 20 (3) links to the department's small business portal, established under
 21 subdivision twelve of this section, the department's veterans' employ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05777-01-5

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 1 ment portal, established under subdivision thirteen of this section, the
 2 department's mental health, substance abuse, and physical disabilities
 3 portals, established under subdivision twenty-seven of this section, and
 4 the department's military sexual trauma portal, established under subdi-
 5 vision thirty-two of this section.
 6 (b) The database created pursuant to this subdivision shall be made
 7 available on the department's website and shall be reviewed and updated
 8 at least annually.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eigh