S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9149
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. ASHBY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT in relation to directing the division of veterans' services to
conduct a study on converting the division of veterans' services to an
administrative agency independent of the executive department; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. (a) The division of veterans' services shall conduct a
study on converting the division of veterans' services into an adminis-
trative agency independent of the executive department.
(b) Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
(i) replacing the director of veterans' services with a cabinet-level
commissioner of veterans' services;
(ii) what effects, if any, such conversion would have on the veterans
living in New York state;
(iii) determining which current veterans programs operated by the
state could be assumed by the division upon conversion to an administra-
tive agency; and
(iv) the costs associated with conversion of the division into an
administrative agency.
2. On or before one year from the effective date of this act, the
division of veterans' services shall submit such study to the governor,
the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, all
members of the senate committee on veterans, homeland security and mili-
tary affairs, and the assembly committee on veterans' affairs.
3. The division of veterans' services may request, and is authorized
to receive, any information from any state agency that is relevant and
material to the completion of such study. Such information received by
the division of veterans' services shall be subject to the same require-
ments for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as are appli-
cable to such state agency's use of such information.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed one year after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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