N.Y. Veterans' Services Law Section 7
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 addiction services and supports, 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 experiences. Individuals identifying themselves as veterans, including individuals requesting and obtaining a veteran notation on such individual’s 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 department of veterans’ services and local veterans’ service agencies established pursuant to § 14 (Local veterans’ service agencies)section fourteen 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 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 department of veterans’ services for information and assistance with regard to benefits and entitlements under federal and state law.

Source: Section 7 — Information on status of veterans receiving assistance, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/VET/7 (updated Nov. 15, 2024; accessed Nov. 29, 2025).

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Definitions 2
Department of veterans’ services 3
Veterans’ services commission 3–A
Veterans employment task force 4
General functions, powers and duties of department 5
Veteran speaker education program 6
Cooperation and facilities of other departments 7
Information on status of veterans receiving assistance 8
New York state supplemental burial allowance for members of the uniformed services of the United States killed in combat or duty subject ... 9
New York state veteran burial fund 10
Time within which marriage may be solemnized 11
Use of personal confidential information obtained from veterans or family members of veterans receiving services from the state and polit... 12
Acceptance of gifts 13
State veterans’ service agency 14
Local veterans’ service agencies 15
Powers and duties of local veterans’ service agencies 16
Location and cost of local veterans’ service agencies 17
Local veterans’ service committees 18
Appropriations for expenses and activities of local veterans’ service agencies 19
Women veterans coordinator 20
Women veterans advisory committee 21
Creation of annuity 22
Evidence of entitlement 23
Persons who may receive annuity 24
New York state veterans’ cemeteries 25
Veterans health screening 26
Payment to immediate family members of veterans 27
Cremated remains of a veteran 28
New York state silver rose veterans service certificate 29
Intake forms for admission and residency 29–A
Loan counseling for mortgages guaranteed by the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 29–A*2
Veterans memorial registry 29–B
Veterans’ liaisons 29–C
Veteran maternity care 29–D
Staff sergeant Alex R 29–E
Protecting veterans from fraud and unaccredited representatives
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Verified:
Nov. 29, 2025

Last modified:
Nov. 15, 2024

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