STATE OF NEW YORK
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7259--B
Cal. No. 566
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 8, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, MOSLEY, COLTON, BARRETT, ROSA, PERRY,
ROBINSON, COOK, SCARBOROUGH, JAFFEE, MILLMAN, STIRPE, MILLER, CAHILL,
STEC, RAIA, DiPIETRO, GRAF, McDONOUGH, BORELLI, ROBERTS, GUNTHER,
FAHY, HOOPER, CUSICK, BRINDISI, CURRAN, ZEBROWSKI, KEARNS -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ARROYO, BRAUNSTEIN, BRENNAN, CLARK,
CROUCH, GALEF, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, P. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, LUPINACCI, MARKEY,
RA, SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs -- recommitted to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from
the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted,
retaining its place on 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 collected data based upon the gender of the victim; and (d) the unem-
2 ployment rate for New York state veterans. The term "children of home-
3 less veterans" shall mean a person who is unmarried and who is under the
4 age of eighteen years, and is the biological or legally adopted child of
5 a veteran. A written report of such study shall be delivered to the
6 governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the
7 senate by June thirtieth, two thousand fifteen and such information
8 required pursuant to this subdivision shall be updated every two years.
9 Such report shall be publicly available and posted on the division of
10 veterans affairs website.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
