What's happening
This bill requires women veterans reports to include only information that is available regarding their demographics and needs.
Why it matters
Reduces administrative burden and potential delays. by making clear that women veterans’ reports only need to include demographic and needs information that is actually available, rather than requiring exhaustive data collection that may not be feasible.
Acknowledges limitations in data collection. , which can help avoid inaccuracies or incomplete reporting caused by trying to gather unavailable or difficult-to-obtain information.
May impact advocacy and policy decisions. by ensuring reports reflect what is realistically known about women veterans, possibly influencing how state resources are allocated or where efforts to improve data collection should be focused.
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Who cares
Women veterans coordinator
The bill would qualify the coordinator’s reporting duty on women veterans’ demographics, county counts and unique needs by making it subject to information availability.
Women veterans in New York
Reports on their status and unique needs would reflect the information available to the coordinator.
Director receiving the reports
The bill would make clear that the required reporting on women veterans is limited by the availability of information.
Headline styles
Improve Women Veterans Reports
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 7
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Substituted by A8957
- Ordered to third reading cal.112
- Referred to rules
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.
Expand Women Veterans Reports
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Pamela J. Hunter
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7188
IN SENATE
January 10, 2020
Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to reports by the women veterans coordinator
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 3 of section 361-b of the executive law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the executive law relating to the women veterans coordinator, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.5991 and A.7594, is amended to read as follows:
(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 extent such information is available, to the director on the status of women veterans within New York state.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the executive law relating to the women veterans coordinator, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.5991 and A.7594, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11609-03-0
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to reports by the women veterans coordinator
Purpose
This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2019, c.480.
Summary of provisions
This legislation amends the underlying chapter by adding a technical qualifier regarding the reports required 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. The amendment provides that the reports will contain such information "to the extent such information is available."
Justification
Pursuant to approval memo 16 of 2019, the Executive noted that this technical amendment will ensure that New York State's Women Veterans Coordinator can continue to comply with her statutory duties by clarify- ing that the reports required by this legislation are to be completed to the extent such information necessary is available to the Coordinator.
Legislative history
Chapter amendment to Chapter 480 of the Laws of 2019.
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the executive law relating to the women veterans coordinator, as proposed in legislative bills numbers 5.5991 and A.7594, takes effect.
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