2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 17 - (350 - 368) VETERANS' AFFAIRS
354-A - Information on status of veterans receiving assistance.

§ 354-a. 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 alcoholism and
  substance abuse services, 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 of mental
  retardation  and  developmental disabilities, department of correctional
  services and division of  parole,  shall  request  assisted  persons  to
  provide  information  with  regard  to their veteran status and military
  experiences. Individuals identifying themselves  as  veterans  shall  be
  advised  that  the  division  of  veterans'  affairs and local veterans'
  service  agencies  established  pursuant  to   section   three   hundred
  fifty-seven  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  division  of  veterans'  affairs  for  information and
  assistance with regard to benefits and entitlements  under  federal  and
  state law.