N.Y. Veterans' Services Law § 7: Information on status of veterans receiving assistance

§ 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 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.