New York A 9945: Relates to a fee waiver for registry identification cards for veterans

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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9945
IN ASSEMBLY
February 27, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to waiving the regis-
tration application fee for veterans who apply for registry identifi-
cation cards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 2 of section 3363 of the
2 public health law, as added by chapter 90 of the laws of 2014, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (f) a fifty dollar application fee, provided, that the department may
5 waive or reduce the fee in cases of financial hardship or the department
6 shall waive such fee if the patient is a veteran who was honorably
7 ;discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service
8 and
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided however, that
10 the amendments to section 3363 of the public health law made by section
11 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
12 deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13704-03-8