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 Securi- ty 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 Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 361-b of the executive law, as 2 amended by chapter 515 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. Establishment of women veterans coordinator. There is hereby estab- 5 lished within the division, a "women veterans coordinator" who shall 6 work under the direction of the director and whose duties shall include, 7 but not be limited to, the: 8 (a) identification, development, planning, organization and coordi- 9 nation of all statewide programs and services to meet the needs of women 10 veterans; 11 (b) recommendation to the director to ensure compliance with all 12 existing division policies and regulations pertaining to the needs of 13 women veterans on the state and federal level and make recommendations 14 regarding the improvement of benefits and services to women veterans; 15 (c) liaison between the division, the United States department of 16 veterans affairs center for women veterans, the United States department 17 of veterans affairs advisory committee on women veterans, state veterans 18 nursing homes, state agencies, community groups, advocates and other 19 veterans and military organizations and interested parties; 20 (d) advocating for all women veterans in the state; 21 (e) development and maintenance of a clearinghouse for information and 22 resources for women veterans; 23 [~~(e)~~] (f) promote events and activities that recognize, educate and 24 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. LBD11609-02-9

S. 5991 2 1 under subdivision four-b of section three hundred fifty-three of this 2 article, veteran human rights conferences, veterans benefits and 3 resources events, and veterans cultural competence training; 4 (g) inclusion of the contributions women veterans have made on behalf 5 of the United States and this state on the division's official website; 6 and 7 [~~(f)~~] (h) preparation of reports on topics including, but not limited 8 to, the demographics of women veterans, the number of women veterans 9 listed by county, and the unique needs of the women veterans population 10 to the director on the status of women veterans within New York state. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law.

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