Bill Text: NY S03031 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing a study regarding homeless women who are veterans in the state of New York; a report on the findings shall be provided no later than June 30th, 2020 and made publicly available and posted on the division of veterans affairs website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S03031 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03031-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3031
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 1, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the performance  of  a
          study  regarding  homeless  women 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 service, department of labor, and office of children  and
     5  family  services  to  determine the number of homeless women in New York
     6  state that are veterans. Such study shall include, but  not  be  limited
     7  to:  (a)  an  analysis  of  female  veterans  in  New York state who are
     8  currently homeless, or have been homeless within  five  years  of  being
     9  released  from  active duty; (b) data on the number of children of home-
    10  less women veterans, including the current placement of  such  children;
    11  (c) cases of military sexual trauma experienced by homeless women veter-
    12  ans  while on active duty or during military training; and (d) the unem-
    13  ployment rate for New York state female veterans. The term "children  of
    14  homeless veterans" shall mean a person who is unmarried and who is under
    15  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  and is the biological or legally adopted
    16  child of a female veteran. A written  report  of  such  study  shall  be
    17  delivered to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary
    18  president  of the senate by June thirtieth, two thousand twenty and such
    19  information required pursuant to this subdivision shall be updated every
    20  two years.  Such report shall be publicly available and  posted  on  the
    21  division of veterans affairs website.
    22    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    23  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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