Bill Text: NY S02189 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the performance of a study regarding homeless persons who are veterans in the state of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-15 - referred to veterans' affairs [S02189 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02189-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2189
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 12, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, COMRIE,
          HAMILTON, LATIMER, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS, SANDERS, SERRANO -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the public housing 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:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14 of the public  housing  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (q) to read as follows:
     3    (q)  To  conduct a study, in consultation with the office of temporary
     4  and disability assistance, department of labor, and office  of  children
     5  and  family  services to determine the number of homeless persons in New
     6  York state that are veterans. Such  study  shall  include,  but  not  be
     7  limited  to:  (i)  an  analysis  of  veterans  in New York state who are
     8  currently homeless, or have been homeless within  five  years  of  being
     9  released  from active duty including an analysis of gender as it relates
    10  to homelessness of veterans; (ii) data on  the  number  of  children  of
    11  homeless veterans, including the current placement of such children; and
    12  (iii) the unemployment rate for New York state veterans. The term "chil-
    13  dren  of homeless veterans" shall mean a person who is unmarried and who
    14  is under the age of eighteen years, and is  the  biological  or  legally
    15  adopted  child  of  a  veteran.  A written report of such study shall be
    16  delivered to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary
    17  president of the senate by June thirtieth,  two  thousand  eighteen  and
    18  such  information  required  pursuant to this paragraph shall be updated
    19  every two years.  Such report shall be publicly available and posted  on
    20  the division of veterans affairs website.
    21    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    22  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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