Assembly Bill A1646A

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1646--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC, ABBATE, BARRETT, BICHOTTE, BLAKE, BRINDI-
   SI, CAHILL, COLTON,  COOK,  CURRAN,  CUSICK,  DILAN,  DiPIETRO,  FAHY,
   FITZPATRICK,  GALEF, GUNTHER, HEVESI, HOOPER, HUNTER, HYNDMAN, JAFFEE,
   JEAN-PIERRE, JENNE, JOYNER, MAYER, McDONOUGH, M. G. MILLER, MONTESANO,
   MOSLEY, OTIS, PERRY, PICHARDO, RA, RAIA, RYAN, SANTABARBARA,  SEPULVE-
   DA,  SIMON, SKOUFIS, STECK, STIRPE, WALKER, ZEBROWSKI, PEOPLES-STOKES,
   CASTORINA, D'URSO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ARROYO,  BRAUN-
   STEIN,  CROUCH,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,  LUPARDO, PALMESANO,
   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 commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the performance  of  a
   study  regarding homeless persons 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 ASSISTANCE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AND OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN
 AND  FAMILY  SERVICES TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PERSONS IN NEW
 YORK STATE THAT ARE VETERANS. SUCH  STUDY  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO:  (A)  AN  ANALYSIS  OF  VETERANS  IN NEW YORK STATE WHO ARE
 CURRENTLY HOMELESS, OR HAVE BEEN HOMELESS WITHIN  FIVE  YEARS  OF  BEING
 RELEASED  FROM ACTIVE DUTY INCLUDING AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER AS IT RELATES
 TO HOMELESSNESS OF VETERANS; (B) DATA ON THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN OF HOME-
 LESS VETERANS, INCLUDING THE CURRENT PLACEMENT  OF  SUCH  CHILDREN;  (C)
 CASES  OF  MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA EXPERIENCED BY HOMELESS VETERANS WHILE
 ON ACTIVE DUTY OR DURING MILITARY TRAINING, INCLUDING A BREAKDOWN OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01139-02-8

 A. 1646--A                          2
 
 COLLECTED DATA BASED UPON THE GENDER OF THE VICTIM; AND  (D)  THE  UNEM-
 PLOYMENT  RATE  FOR NEW YORK STATE VETERANS. THE TERM "CHILDREN OF HOME-
 LESS 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  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  NINETEEN  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.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.