Relates to Gold Star families; provides for the equitable treatment for all parents, spouses and minor children of service members who are killed in action and family members of service members killed during peacetime.
Expands Medicaid coverage to include abortion services and travel-related expenses uncovered by the military for active duty members of the armed forces of the United States, or their spouses or dependents, who are New York state residents; provides such travel-related expenses include those for such members, or their spouses or dependents, located within another state or a foreign country where they could not legally receive such services due to such active duty status.
Expands Medicaid coverage to include abortion services and travel-related expenses uncovered by the military for active duty members of the armed forces of the United States, or their spouses or dependents, who are New York state residents; provides such travel-related expenses include those for such members, or their spouses or dependents, located within another state or a foreign country where they could not legally receive such services due to such active duty status.
Relates to additional credit allowed veterans in competitive examinations; expands the definition of "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" to include the spouse and/or children of a member of the armed forces of the United States who served therein in time of war and was subsequently killed in the line of duty.