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                                  7259

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- 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  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.
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                                 7259--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               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 -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ARROYO,  BRAUN-
  STEIN, BRENNAN, CLARK, CROUCH, GALEF, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, KEARNS, LUPAR-
  DO,  LUPINACCI,  MARKEY,  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 committee

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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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.