Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1026
Timestamp: 2019-08-25 13:35:33
Document Index: 532903981

Matched Legal Cases: ['§508', '§354', '§ 10101', '§ 2', '§ 354', '§ 2', '§  3', '§  4']

NY State Senate Bill S1026
senate Bill S1026
Enables veterans and reservists to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license
Get Status Alerts for S1026
Jun 12, 2019 amend by restoring to original print 1026
Jan 23, 2019 1st report cal.51
Jan 10, 2019 referred to transportation
Jun 04, 2019 amended on third reading 1026a
Transportation Committee Vote: Jan 22, 2019
S1026 (ACTIVE) - Details
Amd §508, V & T L; amd §354-a, Exec L
2011-2012: S6411
2013-2014: S2226, A1753
2015-2016: S775, A122
2017-2018: S1100, A1142
S1026 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enables veterans and reservists to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license.
S1026 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1026
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in
relation to enabling veterans and reservists to receive benefit informa-
tion upon applying for or renewing a driver's license
Enables veterans or reservists to receive benefit information upon
applying for or renewing a drivers license.
Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended. to ensure the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of NYS provides a space on the applica-
tion for a drivers license to enable any applicant who is a veteran of
the military or naval service of the United States, or a reservist in
one of the reserved components of the armed forces listed in 10 U.S.C.
10101 to register to receive information from the division of veterans'
affairs by email or telephone regarding benefits to which such applicant
may be entitled. Additionally, information on the veteran's status is
protected and shall not be disclosed to any person or entity other than
the division of veterans' affairs and shall be exempt from subdivision 2
of section 87 of the public officers law.
Section 508 of the VTL is amended ensure the Commissioner of Motor Vehi-
cles appoints agents to collect, store and make available to the divi-
sion of veterans' affairs the name and contact information of a veteran
applicant who requests to receive benefit information from the division
Section 353 of the executive law referencing the general functions,
powers and duties of the division of veteran affairs is amended to
include coordinating with the department of motor vehicles to retrieve
the name and veterans, including those reservists who served in one of
the reserved components of the armed forces listed in 10 U.S.C. § 10101,
who are applying for or renewing their drivers licenses and who request
to be contacted by the division via. email, telephone, or mail. Addi-
tionally, information on the veteran's status is protected and shall not
be disclosed to any person or entity other than the division of veter-
ans' affairs and shall be exempt from subdivision 2 of section 87 of the
Section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended to ensure the
tion for a non-driver identification card to enable any applicant who is
a veteran of the military or naval service of the United States, or a
reservist in one of the reserved components of the armed forces listed
in 10 U.S.C. 9 10101 to register to receive information from the divi-
sion of veterans' affairs by email or telephone regarding benefits to
which such applicant may be entitled.  Additionally, information on the
veteran's status is protected and shall not be disclosed to any person
or entity other than the division of veterans' affairs and shall be
exempt from subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public officers law.
This legislation would allow veterans to voluntarily identify their
veteran status when applying for or renewing their driver's license.  At
no cost to taxpayers, Vets Connect utilizes the DMV as an intake point
to gather information on veterans not currently in the state system. The
department of motor vehicles collects, stores, and makes this informa-
tion available to the division of veteran affairs which would provide
information about the benefits to which they may be entitled. NYS
Department of Motor Vehicles would work with the Division of Veteran
Affairs to share information to relay benefit updates for the veterans.
The information gathering would happen when veterans go to apply for or
renew their drivers license. By checking a box on the application indi-
cating they are a veteran of naval forces or military they are also
giving the department of motor vehicles permission to share information
with the division of veteran affairs and have information distributed to
him or her via email, telephone, and mail.
Provided, however, that effective immediately any actions necessary to
implement the provisions of this act on its effective date are author-
ized and directed to be completed on or before such date.
S1026 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
relation to enabling veterans and reservists to receive benefit infor-
mation upon applying for or renewing a driver's license
Section 1. Section 508 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
6. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION
OF  VETERANS'  AFFAIRS,  IS DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL REFER DRIVER'S LICENSE  AND  NON-DRIVER  IDENTIFICATION
CARD APPLICANTS REQUESTING AND OBTAINING A NOTATION UPON SUCH LICENSE OR
NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED
STATES  ARMED  FORCES  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF SECTION FOUR
HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS  CHAPTER  OR  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  FIVE
HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST, TO THE DIVISION OF
VETERANS'  AFFAIRS,  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
§ 2. Section 354-a of the executive law, as amended by section  95  of
subpart  B  of  part  C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
§ 354-a. Information  on  status  of  veterans  receiving  assistance.
Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the
state  and  political  subdivisions  thereof,  which provide assistance,
treatment, counseling, care, supervision or  custody  in  service  areas
involving  health,  mental  health, family services, criminal justice or
employment, including but not limited to the office  of  alcoholism  and
substance  abuse  services, office of mental health, office of probation
and correctional alternatives, office of children and  family  services,
office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance, department of health,
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department of labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards,  office  for
people  with  developmental  disabilities, and department of corrections
and community supervision, shall request  assisted  persons  to  provide
information  with  regard  to  their veteran status and military experi-
ences. Individuals identifying themselves as veterans,  INCLUDING  INDI-
VIDUALS  REQUESTING  AND OBTAINING A VETERANS NOTATION ON THEIR DRIVER'S
LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION  CARD  PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS  FOUR
HUNDRED  NINETY  AND  FIVE  HUNDRED  TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,
shall be advised that the division of veterans' affairs and local veter-
ans' service agencies established  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred
fifty-seven  of  this  article  provide assistance to veterans regarding
benefits under federal and state  law.  Information  regarding  veterans
status  and  military  service  provided  by  assisted persons solely to
implement this section  shall  be  protected  as  personal  confidential
disclosure of confidential material, and used  only  to  assist  in  the
diagnosis,  treatment, assessment and handling of the veteran's problems
within the agency requesting  such  information  and  in  referring  the
veteran to the division of veterans' affairs for information and assist-
ance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements under federal and state
S1026A - Details
S1026A - Summary
S1026A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1026A
executive law, in relation to enabling veterans and reservists to
receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's
Enables veterans to consent to receive benefit information upon applying
for or renewing a driver's license.
Section 1 and 2 amends section 502 and 508 of the vehicle and traffic
law (V11) is amended, to ensure the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of
NYS provides a space on the application for a driver's license to enable
any applicant who is a veteran of the military or naval service of the
United States to register to receive information from the division of
veterans' services regarding benefits to which such applicant may be
entitled. Additionally, information on the veteran's status is protected
and shall not be disclosed to any person or entity other than the divi-
sion of veterans' services and shall be exempt from subdivision 2 of
section 87 of the public officers law.
Section 3 amend Section 354-a of the executive law by to allow for
information regarding veterans' status to be shared with the Division of
Veterans' Services.
Section 4 amends section 353 of the executive law referencing the gener-
al functions, powers and duties of the division of veterans' Services to
establish a veterans' public engagement program unit to contact veter-
veteran status and consent to having their information shared with the
Department of Veterans' Services when applying for or renewing their
driver's license . At no cost to taxpayers, Vets Connect utilizes the
DMV as an intake point to gather information on veterans not currently
in the state system. The department of motor vehicles collects, stores,
and makes this information available to the division of veterans'
Services, which would provide information about the benefits to which
they may be entitled. NYS Department of Motor Vehicles would work with
the Division of Veterans' Services to share information to relay benefit
updates for the veterans. The information gathering would happen when
veterans go to apply for or renew their driver's license.
2017-2018: S1100A
S1026A - Bill Text download pdf
1026--A
Cal. No. 51
Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, KENNEDY, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered
Section  1.  Section  494 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
3. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION
OF VETERANS' SERVICES, IS DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY  WHICH  THE
DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REFER  DRIVER'S LICENSE AND NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION
STATES ARMED FORCES  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  FOUR
HUNDRED  NINETY  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  OR  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION FIVE
HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST, TO THE DIVISION OF
VETERANS' SERVICES, CONSISTENT WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  THREE
HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR-A  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. SUCH PROCESS SHALL ENSURE A
SPACE IS PROVIDED FOR APPLICANT TO DEMONSTRATE  HIS  OR  HER  INTENT  TO
SHARE  HIS OR HER APPLICATION INFORMATION WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS'
SERVICES, TO ENABLE THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' SERVICES TO PROVIDE  BENE-
FITS  INFORMATION  TO  APPLICANT. SUCH PROCESS SHALL ALSO BE EXEMPT FROM
SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
§ 2. Section 508 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
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VETERANS'  SERVICES,  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.  SUCH PROCESS SHALL ENSURE  A
SPACE  IS  PROVIDED  FOR  APPLICANT  TO DEMONSTRATE HIS OR HER INTENT TO
SHARE HIS OR HER APPLICATION INFORMATION WITH THE DIVISION OF  VETERANS'
SERVICES,  TO ENABLE THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' SERVICES TO PROVIDE BENE-
FITS INFORMATION TO APPLICANT. SUCH PROCESS SHALL ALSO  BE  EXEMPT  FROM
§  3.  Section  353  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
1-A. TO ESTABLISH, DIRECT, AND SUPERVISE A VETERANS' PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
PROGRAM UNIT TO CONTACT VETERANS AND POTENTIAL BENEFICIARIES OF VETERANS
BENEFITS, WITH THE GOAL OF OBTAINING ALL THE BENEFITS A VETERAN  OR  THE
VETERAN'S CLAIMANT EARNED THROUGH THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
§  4.  Section  354-a of the executive law, as amended by section 8 of
part AA of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
state and political  subdivisions  thereof,  which  provide  assistance,
treatment,  counseling,  care,  supervision  or custody in service areas
involving health, mental health, family services,  criminal  justice  or
employment,  including  but  not limited to the office of alcoholism and
substance abuse services, office of mental health, office  of  probation
and  correctional  alternatives, office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability  assistance,  department  of  health,
department  of  labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards, office for
people with developmental disabilities, and  department  of  corrections
and  community  supervision,  shall  request assisted persons to provide
information with regard to their veteran  status  and  military  experi-
ences.  Individuals  identifying themselves as veterans, INCLUDING INDI-
VIDUALS REQUESTING AND OBTAINING A VETERANS NOTATION ON  THEIR  DRIVER'S
LICENSE  OR  NON-DRIVER  IDENTIFICATION  CARD  PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FOUR
HUNDRED NINETY AND FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,
shall  be  advised  that  the  division  of veterans' services and local
veterans' service agencies established pursuant to section three hundred
fifty-seven of this article provide  assistance  to  veterans  regarding
benefits  under  federal  and  state law. Information regarding veterans
status and military service  provided  by  assisted  persons  solely  to
implement this section shall be DISCLOSED TO THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION
OF  VETERANS'  SERVICES  FOR  USE  IN  SUCH  DIVISION'S VETERANS' PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED  FIFTY-
THREE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE AND SHALL BE protected as personal confidential
information under article six-A  of  the  public  officers  law  against
disclosure  of  confidential  material,  and  used only to assist in the
diagnosis, treatment, assessment and handling of the veteran's  problems
within  the  agency  requesting  such  information  and in referring the
veteran to the  division  of  veterans'  services  for  information  and
assistance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements under federal and
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