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NY S06467
Bill
Status
11/11/2019
Primary Sponsor
John Brooks
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AI Summary
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Establishes a discharge upgrade advisory board program within the Division of Veterans' Services to review veteran applications for discharge upgrades.
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Program provides written non-binding advisory opinions to New York state veterans appealing their character of discharge to federal discharge review boards or military records correction boards.
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Veterans may submit applications with supporting evidence and relevant documents for timely review by the advisory board.
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If the board finds an application meritorious, it provides the veteran with a written opinion advocating for the federal board to grant the discharge appeal.
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Division must post program information on its official webpage and include case statistics in annual reports, including number of cases reviewed and cases found meritorious.
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Legislation takes effect 60 days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Directs the division of veterans' services to maintain a discharge upgrade advisory board program to provide written non-binding advisory opinions to veterans of the state of New York who are appealing their character of discharge from the discharge review board or the board for corrections of military or naval records for their branch of service on the federal level.
Last Action
signed chap.481
11/11/2019