2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 17 - (350 - 368) VETERANS' AFFAIRS
361-B - Women veterans coordinator.

§ 361-b. Women  veterans  coordinator.  1.  Definitions. (a) "Veteran"
  shall have the same meaning as provided in subdivision  one  of  section
  three hundred sixty-four of this article.
    (b) "Division" shall mean the state division of veterans' affairs.
    (c)  "Women  veterans coordinator" shall be a veteran, provided that a
  preference shall be given to a qualified woman veteran.
    (d) "State veterans nursing homes" shall be defined herein as all  New
  York state veterans nursing homes, including but not limited to, the New
  York  state  veterans  home,  located  in  Oxford; the Long Island state
  veterans home, located on the campus of the state university of New York
  at Stony Brook; the New York state veterans home at St. Albans,  located
  in  Jamaica; the state veterans home at Batavia, located in Batavia, New
  York and any future veterans nursing homes located in New York state.
    2. Such women veterans coordinator shall be appointed by the director.
    3. Establishment  of  women  veterans  coordinator.  There  is  hereby
  established  within  the  division,  a  "women veterans coordinator" who
  shall work under the direction of the director and  whose  duties  shall
  include, but not be limited to, the:
    (a)    identification,   development,   planning,   organization   and
  coordination of all statewide programs and services to meet the needs of
  women veterans. This initiative shall include but not be limited to  all
  services in state veterans nursing homes;
    (b)  recommendation  to  the  director  to  ensure compliance with all
  existing division policies and regulations pertaining to  the  needs  of
  women veterans on the state and federal level;
    (c)  liaison  between  the  division,  the United States department of
  veterans affairs advisory committee on women  veterans,  state  veterans
  nursing  homes,  state  agencies,  community groups, advocates and other
  veterans organizations and interested parties;
    (d) dissemination of information on available programs and services to
  state veterans nursing homes;
    (e) provision of ombudsman services on issues pertaining to  women  in
  state veterans nursing homes, with a primary emphasis on health care and
  services unique to women;
    (f)  provision  of consultation services with health care teams within
  state veterans nursing homes to  provide  the  division  with  a  better
  understanding of the special needs and concerns of women veterans;
    (g)  monitoring  and tracking availability of adequate hospital rooms;
  appropriate maintenance of privacy, clothing  and  personal  needs,  and
  canteen  projects specific to the needs of women patients; evaluation of
  satisfaction level of women patients with care received; and maintenance
  of relevant statistics pertaining  to  the  provision  of  services  and
  benefits to women at state veterans nursing homes;
    (h) development and maintenance of a clearinghouse for information and
  resources for women; and
    (i)  preparation  of  reports  to  the director on the status of women
  veterans within New York state.
    4. Reports. The women veterans coordinator shall submit  a  report  to
  the  director  each  year after the effective date of the chapter of the
  laws of nineteen hundred ninety-nine which added  this  provision.  Such
  report  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the number of women
  veterans served by the program. The director shall include  such  report
  or  synopsis of such report to the governor as provided in section three
  hundred fifty-three of this article.