Bill Text: NY S04703 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a task force to study and assess the condition of African American men in New York; provides such task force shall consist of 17 members and report its findings no later than December 31, 2017.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-22 - PRINT NUMBER 4703A [S04703 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04703-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4703--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 8, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  establish a task force on the condition of African American
          men in New York state
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature finds that African
     2  American men: (a) are disproportionately less likely  to  complete  high
     3  school  and to obtain a post-secondary education; (b) are more likely to
     4  be incarcerated or on parole; (c) are more likely to have lower lifetime
     5  economic earnings; (d) are more likely to have been a part of the  child
     6  welfare population; (e) are more likely to have a shorter life expectan-
     7  cy;  and  (f) are more likely to have health problems, such as HIV/AIDS,
     8  drug dependency, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes.  The  legislature
     9  additionally  finds that the state of New York has a compelling interest
    10  in determining the causes of these problems and in developing  appropri-
    11  ate remedies.
    12    §  2. The New York state task force on the condition of African Ameri-
    13  can men is hereby established. The role of the task force  includes  but
    14  is not limited to:
    15    (a) assessing the causal factors for the condition of African American
    16  men;
    17    (b) assessing state programs and initiatives that serve to improve the
    18  condition  of  African  American  men  and  identifying the gaps in such
    19  services;
    20    (c) developing strategies to reduce duplication  of  services  and  to
    21  maximize  coordination between state agencies, providers and educational
    22  institutions, including developing benchmarks to measure progress; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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