2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 25 - Veterans Health Screening.

§  25.  Veterans  health  screening.  1.  As  used in this section: a.
  "Eligible member" means a member of the New York army national guard  or
  the  New  York air national guard who served in the Persian Gulf War, as
  defined in 38 USC 101, or in an area designated as a combat zone by  the
  president  of  the  United  States  during Operation Enduring Freedom or
  Operation Iraqi Freedom;
b. "Veteran" means a person as defined in section one of this  article
  who is a resident of the state;
c.  "Military  physician"  includes  a physician who is under contract
  with the United  States  department  of  defense  to  provide  physician
  services to members of the uniformed services; and
d.  "Depleted  uranium" means uranium containing less uranium-235 than
  the naturally occurring distribution of uranium isotopes.
2. On and after February  first,  two  thousand  seven,  the  adjutant
  general  and  the state commissioner shall assist any eligible member or
  veteran who has been experiencing health  problems.  Such  problems  may
  include  exposure  to toxic materials or harmful physical agents such as
  depleted uranium. An eligible member or veteran who has been assigned  a
  risk  level  I,  II  or  III for depleted uranium exposure by his or her
  branch of service, is referred by a military physician, or has reason to
  believe that he or  she  was  exposed  to  toxic  materials  or  harmful
  physical  agents  such  as  depleted  uranium  during  such  service, in
  obtaining federal treatment services. Such treatment shall include,  but
  not be limited to, a best practice health screening test for exposure to
  depleted  uranium using a bioassay procedure involving sensitive methods
  capable of detecting depleted uranium at  low  levels  and  the  use  of
  equipment   with   the   capacity   to  discriminate  between  different
  radioisotopes  in  naturally  occurring  levels  of  uranium   and   the
  characteristic ratio and marker for depleted uranium. As more scientific
  reliable  tests  become  available  such  test  shall be included in the
  treatment protocol. No state funds shall be used to pay for  such  tests
  or such other federal treatment services.
3.  On  or  before  February  first,  two thousand seven, the adjutant
  general shall submit a report to  the  chair  of  the  senate  veterans,
  homeland  security  and  military affairs committee and the chair of the
  assembly veterans' affairs  committee  on  the  scope  and  adequacy  of
  training received by members of the New York army national guard and the
  New  York  air  national  guard  on  detecting  whether their service as
  eligible members is likely to entail, or to have entailed,  exposure  to
  toxic materials or harmful physical agents such as depleted uranium. The
  report shall include an assessment of the feasibility and cost of adding
  predeployment training concerning potential exposure to depleted uranium
  and  other  toxic  chemical  substances  and the precautions recommended
  under combat and noncombat conditions  while  in  a  combat  theater  or
  combat zone of operations.