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NY A08715
Bill
Status
1/11/2022
Primary Sponsor
Pamela Hunter
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AI Summary
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Requires coroners, coroner's physicians, and medical examiners to report veteran suicides to the division of veterans' services using a form developed by the department of health
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Mandates reporting use aggregate data rather than individual data to the extent practicable and includes privacy protections
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Defines "veteran" to include service members from U.S. military branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard), National Guard units, and NOAA/Public Health Service members regardless of discharge status
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Requires the reporting form to include county of residence and branch of service information for deceased veterans during the reporting period
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Directs the division of veterans' services to forward completed reports to the office of mental hygiene and compile information for annual reporting
Legislative Description
Provides that the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner shall report to the division of veterans' services, in a form and time frame developed by the department of health, any death which appears to be a suicide by a person who, to the knowledge of the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner, is a veteran; defines veteran.
Last Action
substituted by s7738
1/31/2022