New York S 10150: Enacts the "missing vulnerable veterans at risk program act"

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S10150 Summary:

BILL NOS10150 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08473

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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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.

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BILL NOS10150 

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04/30/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10150

 IN SENATE

 April 30, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 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:
 24 (a) plan and implement programs to ensure the most effective use of
 25 federal, state, and local resources in the investigation of missing
 26 vulnerable veterans at risk;
 27 (b) disseminate a directory of resources to assist in locating missing
 28 vulnerable veterans at risk;

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

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 1 (c) cooperate with the department of health, department of veterans'
 2 services, office of mental health, office for people with developmental
 3 disabilities, office for the aging, and other public and private organ-
 4 izations to develop education and prevention programs concerning the
 5 safety of vulnerable veterans at risk;
 6 (d) assist federal, state, and local agencies in the investigation of
 7 cases involving missing vulnerable veterans at risk;
 8 (e) utilize available resources to duplicate photographs and posters
 9 of vulnerable veterans at risk reported as missing by police and dissem-
 10 inate this information throughout the state;
 11 (f) provide assistance in returning missing vulnerable veterans at
 12 risk who are located out of state;
 13 (g) develop a curriculum for the training of law enforcement personnel
 14 investigating cases involving missing vulnerable veterans at risk,
 15 including recognition and management of vulnerable veterans at risk;
 16 (h) operate a toll-free twenty-four-hour hotline for the public to use
 17 to relay information concerning missing vulnerable veterans at risk;
 18 (i) establish a case database that shall include non-identifying
 19 information on reported missing vulnerable veterans at risk and facts
 20 developed in the phases of a search; and analyze such data for the
 21 purposes of assisting law enforcement in their