Bill Text: NY S04049 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the performance of a study regarding homeless persons who are veterans in the state of New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-11 - APPROVAL MEMO.17 [S04049 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04049-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4049--A Cal. No. 274 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 26, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading 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 18 a veteran. A written report of such study shall be delivered to the 19 governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the 20 senate by June thirtieth, two thousand twenty and such information EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01008-03-9S. 4049--A 2 1 required pursuant to this subdivision shall be updated every two years. 2 Such report shall be publicly available and posted on the division of 3 veterans affairs website. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 5 have become a law.