S10263 • 2025

Requires a report on the administration, function and outcomes of all superior courts for veterans treatment

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Sponsor: Shelley Mayer
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires a report on the administration, function and outcomes of all superior courts for veterans treatment

Requires a report on the administration, function and outcomes of all superior courts for veterans treatment Requires a report on the administration, function and outcomes of all superior courts for veterans treatment to be delivered to the legislature and the governor on or before March 15th every year beginning in 2028.

What This Bill Does

Requires a report on the administration, function and outcomes of all superior courts for veterans treatment Requires a report on the administration, function and outcomes of all superior courts for veterans treatment to be delivered to the legislature and the governor on or before March 15th every year beginning in 2028.

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Bill History

2026-05-11 Senate
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

Requires a report on the administration, function and outcomes of all superior courts for veterans treatment
Requires a report on the administration, function and outcomes of all superior courts for veterans treatment to be delivered to the legislature and the governor on or before March 15th every year beginning in 2028.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10263

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 11, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring a report  on
          the  administration,  function and outcomes of all superior courts for
          veterans treatment

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  212  of the judiciary law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (gg) to read as follows:
     3    (GG) SUBMIT, ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-EIGHT,
     4  AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIFTEENTH, TO THE LEGISLATURE
     5  AND  THE  GOVERNOR A REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION, FUNCTION AND OUTCOMES
     6  OF ALL SUPERIOR COURTS FOR VETERANS TREATMENT, OPERATING IN THE STATE AS
     7  PART OF THE TREATMENT COURT PROGRAM  DURING  THE  PRECEDING  YEAR.  SUCH
     8  REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, AN ACCOUNTING OF THE NUMBER
     9  AND  DEMOGRAPHICS  OF VETERANS SERVED, ANY BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION, AS
    10  WELL AS OUTCOMES OF CASES, EXPENDITURES OF STATE,  LOCAL,  FEDERAL,  AND
    11  OTHER  FUNDS  USED IN SUPPORT OF SUCH VETERANS TREATMENT COURT PROGRAMS.
    12  SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON STAFFING LEVELS,
    13  LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS, VETERANS SERVICE
    14  AGENCIES AND PROVIDERS, INCLUDING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WHO PROVIDED
    15  TREATMENT OR OTHER SERVICES TO PARTICIPANTS.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15785-01-6