S8055 • 2025

Relates to eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Pete Harckham
Last action: 2026-05-18
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes

Relates to eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes Expands eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes to certain veterans who have an immediate family member who shall have been a resident of this state for six months prior to the date of application for admission; defines an immediate family member to include a spouse, or a birth or adoptive parent, child, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, grandparent and grandchild; requires, where applicable, the immediate family member of a veteran applicant to file an affidavit of New York state residence; authorizes veterans with an immediate family member who has been a New York state resident for six months to be entitle to admission to the Long Island state veterans home at Stony Brook university.

What This Bill Does

Relates to eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes Expands eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes to certain veterans who have an immediate family member who shall have been a resident of this state for six months prior to the date of application for admission; defines an immediate family member to include a spouse, or a birth or adoptive parent, child, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, grandparent and grandchild; requires, where applicable, the immediate family member of a veteran applicant to file an affidavit of New York state residence; authorizes veterans with an immediate family member who has been a New York state resident for six months to be entitle to admission to the Long Island state veterans home at Stony Brook university.

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Bill History

2026-05-18 Senate
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HEALTH
2026-04-24 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
2026-04-24 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 8055A
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
2025-05-15 Senate
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Official Summary Text

Relates to eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes
Expands eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes to certain veterans who have an immediate family member who shall have been a resident of this state for six months prior to the date of application for admission; defines an immediate family member to include a spouse, or a birth or adoptive parent, child, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, grandparent and grandchild; requires, where applicable, the immediate family member of a veteran applicant to file an affidavit of New York state residence; authorizes veterans with an immediate family member who has been a New York state resident for six months to be entitle to admission to the Long Island state veterans home at Stony Brook university.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          8055

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  eligibility  for
          admission to New York state veterans' homes

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision  1  of  section  2632  of  the
     2  public  health  law,  as amended by section 3 of part E of chapter 57 of
     3  the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (h) in the Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of August,  nine-
     5  teen  hundred  ninety  to  the  end  of such conflict including military
     6  service in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi  Freedom,  Opera-
     7  tion New Dawn or Operation Inherent Resolve and was the recipient of the
     8  global  war  on terrorism expeditionary medal or the Iraq campaign medal
     9  or the Afghanistan campaign medal; and who was a resident of  the  state
    10  of New York at the time of entry upon such active duty or who shall have
    11  been a resident of this state for six months next preceding the applica-
    12  tion  for admission OR WHO HAS AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER WHO SHALL HAVE
    13  BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE FOR ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE DATE OF APPLICA-
    14  TION FOR ADMISSION, PROVIDED THAT FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  AN
    15  IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBER SHALL INCLUDE A SPOUSE, BIRTH PARENT, ADOPTIVE
    16  PARENT, CHILD, SIBLING, STEPPARENT, STEPCHILD, STEPSIBLING,  GRANDPARENT
    17  AND  GRANDCHILD,  shall  be entitled to admission to said home after the
    18  approval of the application by the board of  visitors,  subject  to  the
    19  provisions of this article and to the conditions, limitations and penal-
    20  ties  prescribed  by the regulations of the department. Any such veteran
    21  or dependent, who otherwise fulfills the requirements set forth in  this
    22  section, may be admitted directly to the skilled nursing facility or the
    23  health  related facility provided such veteran or dependent is certified
    24  by a physician designated or approved by the department to  require  the
    25  type of care provided by such facilities.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11660-01-5