Section 10-A. Domestic violence policy  


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  • 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.