2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 28 - Hospitals › 2805-O - Identification of Veterans and Their Spouses by Nursing Homes, Residential Health Care Facilities, and Adult Care Facilities.

§  2805-o.  Identification  of  veterans  and their spouses by nursing
  homes, residential health care facilities, and adult care facilities. 1.
  Every nursing home and residential health care facility  as  defined  in
  subdivisions  two and three of section two thousand eight hundred one of
  this article and every adult care facility licensed and certified by the
  department pursuant to title two of article seven of the social services
  law or article forty-six-B of this chapter, including all  adult  homes,
  enriched  housing  programs,  residences  for  adults,  assisted  living
  programs,  and  assisted  living  residences  shall  keep  and  maintain
  accurate  records identifying veterans and their spouses residing within
  such facilities. Such information shall be  solicited  by  nursing  home
  and/or   residential   health  care  facility  staff  upon  a  patient's
  admission, noted on the admission form, and included with the  patient's
  file  by asking the question "Have you or your spouse ever served in the
  United States military?". In the case of patients currently residing  at
  such  nursing  homes  or residential health care facilities, staff shall
  solicit such information by asking the question "Have you or your spouse
  ever served in the United States military?" from each  patient  residing
  at  such  institution  and update the patient's file to indicate veteran
  status.
2. Every nursing home, residential  health  care  facility  and  every
  adult care facility licensed and certified by the department pursuant to
  title  two  of  article  seven  of  the  social  services law or article
  forty-six-B of this chapter, including all adult homes, enriched housing
  programs, residences for adults, assisted living programs, and  assisted
  living  residences  shall  in writing advise all individuals identifying
  themselves as veterans or spouses of veterans  that  the  department  of
  veterans'  services  and  local  veterans'  service agencies established
  pursuant to section fourteen of the veterans' services  law  to  provide
  assistance  to  veterans  and  their  spouses  regarding  benefits under
  federal and state law. Such written information shall include the  name,
  address  and  telephone  number  of  the  New  York  state department of
  veterans' services, the nearest department of veterans' services office,
  the nearest county or city veterans'  service  agency  and  the  nearest
  accredited veterans' service officer.
3.  Every  nursing  home,  residential  health care facility and every
  adult care facility licensed and certified by the department pursuant to
  title two of article  seven  of  the  social  services  law  or  article
  forty-six-B of this chapter, including all adult homes, enriched housing
  programs,  residences for adults, assisted living programs, and assisted
  living  residences,  with  the  permission  of  individuals  identifying
  themselves  as  veterans  or  spouses  of  veterans, shall transmit such
  veteran status information to the division of veterans' services.
4. Any person who violates the provisions of  this  section  shall  be
  subject to a civil fine not to exceed fifty dollars per violation but in
  no event shall any fine exceed one thousand dollars.