STATE OF NEW YORK
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5660
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2019
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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.
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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.
