10-A - Domestic violence policy.

§  10-a.  Domestic  violence  policy. The commissioner shall study the  issue of employees separated from employment due  to  acts  of  domestic  violence  as  referred  to  in  and  qualified  by  section four hundred  fifty-nine-a of the social services law. The commissioner shall  consult  with  the  New York state office for the prevention of domestic violence  and its  advisory  council,  the  department  of  social  services,  the  division  of  women  and  members of the public in preparing such study.  Such  study  shall  include  a  review  of  case  histories   in   which  unemployment  compensation was sought and an analysis of the policies in  other states. A copy of such study shall be transmitted to the temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the  assembly  on  or  before  January  fifteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-six and shall contain policy  recommendations.