What's happening
This bill expands the duties of the Women Veterans Coordinator in New York to include advocacy, new event types, website recognition, and reporting on women veterans.
Why it matters
Strengthens advocacy by requiring the Women Veterans Coordinator to actively represent and champion the interests of all women veterans in New York. , potentially improving how their unique concerns are addressed at state and local levels.
Expands the scope of events and outreach efforts to include human rights conferences, benefits/resource events, and cultural competence training. , which could enhance awareness, access to services, and sensitivity toward women veterans in both veteran and civilian communities.
Mandates public recognition of women veterans’ contributions on the division’s official website. , helping to increase visibility, respect, and historical acknowledgment for women’s military service.
Requires more detailed and regular reporting on the demographics and needs of women veterans. , which can inform policy decisions, guide resource allocation, and highlight gaps in current services tailored to this population.
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Who cares
Women veterans in New York
The bill would explicitly require the women veterans coordinator to advocate for all women veterans in the state and feature their contributions on the division’s official website.
State Division of Veterans’ Affairs
The coordinator’s reporting duties would explicitly include women veterans’ demographics, county-by-county numbers and unique needs.
Veterans organizations and women veterans advocates
The coordinator’s event-promotion duties would explicitly include veteran human rights conferences, benefits and resources events, and veterans cultural competence training.
Headline styles
Support Women Veterans Coordinator
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Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 7
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by A7594
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1023
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Support Women Veterans Programs
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Pamela J. Hunter
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5991
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 16, 2019
Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- 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 executive law, in relation to the women veterans coordinator
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 361-b of the executive law, as amended by chapter 515 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
3. Establishment of women veterans coordinator. There is hereby established within the division, a "women veterans coordinator" who shall work under the direction of the director and whose duties shall include, but not be limited to, the:
(a) identification, development, planning, organization and coordination of all statewide programs and services to meet the needs of women veterans;
(b) recommendation to the director to ensure compliance with all existing division policies and regulations pertaining to the needs of women veterans on the state and federal level and make recommendations regarding the improvement of benefits and services to women veterans;
(c) liaison between the division, the United States department of veterans affairs center for women veterans, the United States department of veterans affairs advisory committee on women veterans, state veterans nursing homes, state agencies, community groups, advocates and other veterans and military organizations and interested parties;
(d) advocating for all women veterans in the state;
(e) development and maintenance of a clearinghouse for information and resources for women veterans;
[(e)] (f) promote events and activities that recognize, educate and honor women veterans, including but not limited to seminars required
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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under subdivision four-b of section three hundred fifty-three of this article, veteran human rights conferences, veterans benefits and resources events, and veterans cultural competence training;
(g) inclusion of the contributions women veterans have made on behalf of the United States and this state on the division's official website; and
[(f)] (h) preparation of reports on topics including, but not limited to, the demographics of women veterans, the number of women veterans listed by county, and the unique needs of the women veterans population to the director on the status of women veterans within New York state.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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Sponsor's memo
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to clarify and update the duties of the women veterans coordinator within the New York State Division of Veter- ans' Services.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Subdivision 1 of section 361-b of the executive law is, as amended by chapter 515 of the laws of 2911, is amended to include new duties for the women veterans coordinator. They include: advocating for all women veterans in the state; promoting events and activities that recognize, education and honor women veterans including veteran human rights conferences, veterans benefits and resources events and veterans cultural competence trainings, including of the contributions women veterans have made on behalf of the United States and this state on the division's website and preparing reports on topics including but not limited to demographics of women veterans, the number of women veterans listed by county and the unique needs of the women veterans population.
Section 2: Effective date.
Justification
Chapter 271 of the laws of 1994, Chapter 358 of the laws of 1993 and Chapter 515 of the laws of2011 were adopted in order to ensure that women veterans were part ofthe division of veterans' services by creat- ing the position of a women veterans coordinator within the agency. This bill updates the duties of the women veterans coordinator to reflect the many programs the division of veterans services carry out to carry out its mission in serving the entire veterans community state- wide.
Prior legislative history
New Legislation.
Fiscal implications
None to the State or local governments.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
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