Assembly Actions -
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May 14, 2014 |
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Senate Bill S7420
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th 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
2013-S7420 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง353, Exec L
2013-S7420 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7420 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: Require the Division of Veterans' Affairs to conduct a study, in consultation with the office of temporary and disability services, department of labor, and office of children and family services to determine the number of homeless women in New York State that are veterans. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Would increase the maximum fine for a repeat offense of illegally parking in spots reserved for use by the disabled from the current $100 to $200. JUSTIFICATION: According to the United States Government Accountability Office, women veterans identified as homeless by the Department of Veterans Affairs has increased more than 140%, from 1,350 in fiscal year 2006 to 3,328 in fiscal year 2010.Women veterans are also 4 times more likely than their male counterparts to end up homeless. About 3,400 of these veterans could not access shelter and 1/3 had some sort of disa- bility. These statistics are alarming and become even more distressing when taking into account that many of these women have children and families. Homeless women veterans who are single mothers have a tough time finding adequate shelter, daycare services, and finding gainful
2013-S7420 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7420 I N S E N A T E May 14, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows: 6-A. TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AND OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS WOMEN IN NEW YORK STATE THAT ARE VETERANS. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: (A) AN ANALYSIS OF FEMALE VETERANS IN NEW YORK STATE WHO ARE CURRENTLY HOMELESS, OR HAVE BEEN HOMELESS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF BEING RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY; (B) DATA ON THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN OF HOME- LESS WOMEN VETERANS, INCLUDING THE CURRENT PLACEMENT OF SUCH CHILDREN; (C) CASES OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA EXPERIENCED BY HOMELESS WOMEN VETER- ANS WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY OR DURING MILITARY TRAINING; AND (D) THE UNEM- PLOYMENT RATE FOR NEW YORK STATE FEMALE VETERANS. THE TERM "CHILDREN OF HOMELESS VETERANS" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS UNMARRIED AND WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, AND IS THE BIOLOGICAL OR LEGALLY ADOPTED CHILD OF A FEMALE VETERAN. A WRITTEN REPORT OF SUCH STUDY SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE BY JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND SUCH INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND POSTED ON THE DIVISION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WEBSITE. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02829-09-4
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