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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7259--B
                                                                Cal. No. 566
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 8, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD02829-06-4
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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.