Requiring the commissioner of veterans’ services to submit an annual report on the provision of mental health services by city agencies to veterans.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the commissioner of veterans’ services to submit an annual report on the provision of mental health services by city agencies to veterans

This bill would require the Department of Veterans Services (DVS) to submit to the speaker of the council, the mayor, and post on its website a report on mental health services provided by city agencies to veterans. The report will identify each agency that provides, directly or by contract, mental health services to veterans and include information on the number of veterans who requested mental health services from such agency, disaggregated by type of mental health service sought; the number of veterans who received mental health services from such agency; a summary of the methods of communication used by the agency to provide information on those mental health services; and a description of the mental health services provided by such agency to veterans.