New York S 7129: Relates to requiring state and municipal agencies to purchase compostable single use tableware

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S07129 Summary:

BILL NOS07129 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05155

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRRHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §18-a, Veterans' Services L

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Relates to veterans' health care; creates a veteran health care review to ensure veterans and their families have access to health and mental health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, military sexual trauma, reproductive and mental health conditions, and suicide prevention.

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BILL NOS07129 

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04/01/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1764

06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A5155

&nbspA05155 AMEND= Stern

&nbsp02/12/2025referred to veterans' affairs

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

&nbsp05/27/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.314

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.314

&nbsp05/29/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/29/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/29/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

&nbsp06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S7129

&nbsp06/10/20253RD READING CAL.1764

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/01/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/05/2025vetoed memo.67

&nbsp12/05/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7129

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 veterans' services law, in relation to veterans
 health care

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

 1 Section 1. The veterans' services law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 18-a to read as follows:
 3 § 18-a. Veteran health care review. 1. The department, in consultation
 4 with the department of health, shall undertake a study regarding veter-
 5 an health care as provided in this section. Such study shall be
 6 completed and reported to the legislature on or before December thirty-
 7 first, two thousand twenty-seven.
 8 2. The veteran health care review shall comprehensively study efforts
 9 that can be made to improve veterans' health care in the state includ-
 10 ing, but not be limited to:
 11 (a) increasing access by veterans and their families to health
 12 care coverage and services;
 13 (b) leveraging existing resources and structures in areas where veter-
 14 ans and their families are able to easily access such resources;
 15 (c) ensuring the needs of veterans and their families are incorpo-
 16 rated in all state efforts to expand access to affordable, quality
 17 health care;
 18 (d) ensuring veterans and their families have access to mental
 19 health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder,
 20 depression, anxiety, military sexual trauma, reproductive and mental
 21 health conditions, and suicide prevention;
 22 (e) increasing primary, reproductive and mental health care services
 23 and resources for women veterans;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04144-01-5

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 1 (f) identifying all federal and other health benefits, coverage, and
 2 services available to veterans and their families; and
 3 (g) more effectively coordinating with other local, state, and federal
 4 departments and agencies, health care providers, and health insurance
 5 programs to help veterans and their beneficiaries apply for coverage
 6 under such programs, including helping veterans overcome barriers within
 7 the health care system, to ensure enrollment in health plans and effec-
 8 tive delivery and coordination of health services.
 9 3. As part of the study, the department shall also:
 10 (a) evaluate whether the needs of veterans and their families are met
 11