S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 5022--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  ADDABBO, LATIMER, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS --
  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
  the  Committee  on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs --
  recommitted to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and  Mili-
  tary  Affairs  in  accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  labor  law,  in  relation  to
  creating a veterans' jobs website

  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 23 to read as follows:
  23. TO DEVELOP, JOINTLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, A WEBSITE WITH
JOB LISTINGS, JOB TRAINING MATERIALS, AND JOB SEARCH INFORMATION  EXCLU-
SIVELY  FOR  VETERANS,  CARE GIVERS FOR DISABLED VETERANS, THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY MEMBERS OF DISABLED VETERANS  AND  IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBERS  OF
ACTIVE  DUTY  MILITARY  STATIONED IN NEW YORK. THE WEBSITE SHALL CONTAIN
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ONLY AVAILABLE  THROUGH  THIS  WEBSITE
AND NOT AVAILABLE ON ANY OTHER WEBSITE, JOB LISTING, BOARD, NEWSPAPER OR
FORUM.  THE  WEBSITE  SHALL  BE INTERACTIVE WHERE APPLICANTS CAN PROVIDE
RESUMES OR COMPLETE JOB APPLICATIONS  AND  CHECK  THE  STATUS  OF  THEIR
APPLICATIONS AND REPORT THE OUTCOMES OF THEIR JOB SEARCHES.  THE COMMIS-
SIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR SHALL DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR PROVID-
ING  EXCLUSIVE  ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE TO VETERANS, CARE GIVERS FOR DISA-
BLED VETERANS AND IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBERS  OF  ACTIVE  DUTY  MILITARY
STATIONED IN NEW YORK.
  S  2.  Section 21 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 15 to read as follows:
  15. SHALL WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO DEVELOP A
WEBSITE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE  EXECU-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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TIVE LAW. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE A REPORT ANALYZING
THE CURRENT EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS, THE CARE GIVERS OF DISABLED VETERANS
AND  IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBERS OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY STATIONED IN NEW
YORK; SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT, AN ANALYSIS OF THE
BARRIERS  FACED  IN  BECOMING GAINFULLY EMPLOYED, ANALYSIS OF THE CONDI-
TIONS THAT LEAD TO SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT,  AND  PROVIDE  RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR  REMOVING  BARRIERS FACED IN FINDING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. SUCH REPORT
SHALL BE PREPARED NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN
AND BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER. THE REPORT SHALL BE PROVIDED
TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE AND PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS WEBSITES.
  S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is author-
ized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.