Bill Text: NY A05660 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the performance of a study regarding homeless persons who are veterans in the state of New York.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-9)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-11 - APPROVAL MEMO.17 [A05660 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05660-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5660 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, ABBATE, BARRETT, BICHOTTE, BLAKE, CAHILL, COLTON, COOK, CUSICK, DILAN, DiPIETRO, FAHY, FITZPATRICK, GALEF, GUNTHER, HEVESI, HUNTER, HYNDMAN, JAFFEE, JEAN-PIERRE, JOYNER, McDO- NOUGH, M. G. MILLER, MONTESANO, MOSLEY, OTIS, PERRY, PICHARDO, RA, RAIA, RYAN, SANTABARBARA, SIMON, STECK, STIRPE, WALKER, ZEBROWSKI, PEOPLES-STOKES, D'URSO, PHEFFER AMATO, WALLACE, STERN -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRAUNSTEIN, CROUCH, ENGLEBRIGHT, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, PALMESANO, SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the performance of a study regarding homeless persons who are veterans in the state of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 6-a to read as follows: 3 6-a. To conduct a study, in consultation with the office of temporary 4 and disability assistance, department of labor, and office of children 5 and family services to determine the number of homeless persons in New 6 York state that are veterans. Such study shall include, but not be 7 limited to: (a) an analysis of veterans in New York state who are 8 currently homeless, or have been homeless within five years of being 9 released from active duty including an analysis of gender as it relates 10 to homelessness of veterans; (b) data on the number of children of home- 11 less veterans, including the current placement of such children; (c) 12 cases of military sexual trauma experienced by homeless veterans while 13 on active duty or during military training, including a breakdown of the 14 collected data based upon the gender of the victim; and (d) the unem- 15 ployment rate for New York state veterans. The term "children of home- 16 less veterans" shall mean a person who is unmarried and who is under the 17 age of eighteen years, and is the biological or legally adopted child of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01008-01-9A. 5660 2 1 a veteran. A written report of such study shall be delivered to the 2 governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the 3 senate by June thirtieth, two thousand twenty and such information 4 required pursuant to this subdivision shall be updated every two years. 5 Such report shall be publicly available and posted on the division of 6 veterans affairs website. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 8 have become a law.