2021 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 17 - Veterans' Services
350 - Definitions.

§ 350. Definitions. When used in this article:
1. The term "division" means the division of veterans' services.
2.  The  term  "state  director"  means the New York state director of
  veterans' services.
3. The term "veteran" means a person, male or female, resident of this
  state, who has served in the active military or  naval  service  of  the
  United  States  during  a war in which the United States engaged and who
  has been released from  such  service  otherwise  than  by  dishonorable
  discharge, or who has been furloughed to the reserve.
4.  The term "armed forces" means the military and naval forces of the
  United States.
5. The term "local director" means the director of a  county  or  city
  veterans' service agency.
6.  The  term  "county  director"  means  a local director of a county
  veterans' service agency.
7. The term "city director" means a local director of a city veterans'
  service agency.
8. The term "qualifying condition" means a diagnosis of post-traumatic
  stress disorder or traumatic brain injury made by, or an  experience  of
  military  sexual  trauma,  as described in 38 USC 1720D, as amended from
  time to time, disclosed to, an individual  licensed  to  provide  health
  care services at a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility
  or  an  individual  licensed  to provide health care services within the
  state of New York. The division shall develop a standardized  form  used
  to  confirm  that  the  veteran  has  a  qualifying condition under this
  subdivision.
9. The  term  "discharged  LGBT  veteran"  means  a  veteran  who  was
  discharged  less  than  honorably  from military or naval service due to
  their sexual orientation or gender  identity  or  expression,  as  those
  terms  are defined in section two hundred ninety-two of this chapter, or
  statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual  acts  relating  to
  sexual  orientation, gender identity or expression, or the disclosure of
  such statements, conduct, or acts, that were prohibited by the  military
  or  naval service at the time of discharge. The division shall establish
  a  consistent  and  uniform  process  to  determine  whether  a  veteran
  qualifies   as   a  discharged  LGBT  veteran  under  this  subdivision,
  including, at a minimum, standards for verifying a veteran's status as a
  discharged LGBT veteran, and a method of demonstrating eligibility as  a
  discharged LGBT veteran.