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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Senate Bill S6343
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2011-S6343 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง501, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S908
2015-2016: S2575
2017-2018: S2189
2019-2020: S4049
2011-S6343 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6343 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the performance of a study regarding homeless women who are veterans in the state of New York PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To address the alarming trend of homeless women who happen to be veteran and mothers. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends section 501 of the executive law by adding new subdivision 17 to perform a study and analysis to determine the amount of homeless women in New York State who are veterans. It will also determine the number of offspring of the veterans and current placement. Once the study is completed a written report will be delivered to the governor and the legislature. JUSTIFICATION: According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, there are an estimated 6,500 homeless female Veterans in America today, double the number a decade ago. Women veterans are also 4 times more likely than their male counterparts to end up homeless. About 3,000 of these veterans could not access shelter and one-third had some sort of disability. These
2011-S6343 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6343 I N S E N A T E January 30, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HUNTLEY -- 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 women 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: Section 1. Section 501 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows: 17. TO PERFORM A STUDY AND ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF HOME- LESS WOMEN IN NEW YORK STATE WHO ARE VETERANS AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS CHAPTER AND TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF OFFSPRING OF SUCH VETERANS AS WELL AS THE CURRENT PLACE- MENT OF SUCH OFFSPRING. SUCH STUDY AND ANALYSIS SHALL BE COMPLETED AND A WRITTEN REPORT DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE LEGISLATURE AND THE DIVI- SION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14208-01-2
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