Bill Text: NY S08521 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-15 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S08521 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08521-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8521
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 9, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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 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 nineteen and such information
    21  required pursuant to this subdivision shall be updated every two  years.
    22  Such  report  shall  be publicly available and posted on the division of
    23  veterans affairs website.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    25  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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