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NY A07594

Bill

Status

Passed

11/11/2019

Primary Sponsor

Pamela Hunter

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Origin

Assembly

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a women veterans coordinator position within the Division of Veterans' Services to coordinate statewide programs and services for women veterans

  • Adds advocacy for all women veterans in the state as an explicit duty of the coordinator

  • Requires the coordinator to promote events and activities including seminars, veteran human rights conferences, benefits and resources events, and cultural competence training

  • Mandates inclusion of women veterans' contributions to the United States and New York on the Division's official website

  • Requires the coordinator to prepare reports on women veterans' demographics, county-by-county populations, and unique needs of the population

Legislative Description

Increases the duties of the women veterans coordinator to include: advocating for all women veterans in the state; and the inclusion of the contributions women veterans have made on behalf of the United States and this state on the division's official website.

Last Action

approval memo.16

11/11/2019

Committee Referrals

Rules6/3/2019
Veterans' Affairs5/13/2019

Full Bill Text

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