Bill Text: NY A02164 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the establishment of a wage data clearinghouse.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-19 - REFERRED TO RULES [A02164 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A02164-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2164--C Cal. No. 163 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- amended on the special order of third reading, ordered reprinted as amended, retaining its place on the special order of third reading -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the establishment of a wage data clearinghouse The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 44 to read 2 as follows: 3 § 44. Wage data clearinghouse. 1. The commissioner, subject to avail- 4 able appropriations and in consultation with the commissioner of the 5 education department and the state workforce investment board, shall 6 establish a wage data clearinghouse. The purpose of the wage data 7 clearinghouse shall be to use existing unemployment insurance data as 8 described in section five hundred thirty-seven of this chapter and other 9 available labor, education and workforce development data to evaluate 10 the long-term effectiveness of workforce development and education 11 programs and to identify gaps in the availability of existing and 12 proposed workforce development training to meet employment needs, in 13 addition, the clearinghouse shall conduct any other research it identi- 14 fies as contributing to increasing the attainment of long-term employ- 15 ment of residents of this state, especially those who are unemployed or 16 underemployed. 17 2. The wage data clearinghouse shall be administered by an academic 18 institution in the state of New York with proven expertise in analyzing 19 labor data and shall be selected by the commissioner, in consultation EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07591-11-8A. 2164--C 2 1 with the commissioner of the education department and the state work- 2 force investment board, through a request for proposals process. Crite- 3 ria shall include, but not be limited to, the demonstrated ability of 4 the chosen institution to analyze unemployment insurance and wage 5 reporting data and to leverage and attract federal funds and non-govern- 6 mental funds. The commissioner is authorized to provide funding to a 7 selected academic institution for operating a wage data clearinghouse of 8 up to six hundred thousand dollars, subject to appropriation. Any 9 unused allocation may be made available in the subsequent fiscal year. 10 3. The department shall provide the wage data clearinghouse with all 11 state and federal unemployment insurance and wage and employment related 12 data it has available, including but not limited to unemployment insur- 13 ance data as described in section five hundred thirty-seven of this 14 chapter. All disclosure requirements specified in section five hundred 15 thirty-seven of this chapter shall apply to all wage data clearinghouse 16 employees working with the data. 17 4. A statewide wage data clearinghouse advisory board is hereby estab- 18 lished for the purpose of determining statewide objectives and the wage 19 data clearinghouse's research and evaluation priorities after consulta- 20 tion with the director of the wage data clearinghouse. The advisory 21 board shall appoint a director with expertise in large data systems and 22 data security with preference given to a candidate who has experience 23 with workforce development. Such director shall receive an annual salary 24 within amounts appropriated. (a) The advisory board shall consist of 25 twelve members, including: the chancellor of the state university of New 26 York, or such chancellor's designee; the commissioner of the state 27 education department, or such commissioner's designee; the commissioner 28 of the state department of labor, or the commissioner's designee; a 29 representative of superintendents of schools, appointed by the governor; 30 a representative of a district superintendents of schools, appointed by 31 the governor; a representative of community colleges, appointed by the 32 governor; and, six members of the public, including three appointed by 33 the speaker of the assembly and three appointed by the president pro 34 tempore of the senate. The public members of the advisory board shall 35 have expertise in large data systems and data security, workforce devel- 36 opment programs, economic development, business management and/or organ- 37 ized labor. (b) The members of the advisory board shall receive no 38 compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual and 39 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant 40 to this section, subject to the approval of the department. (c) Advisory 41 board members who represent state agencies shall be appointed for terms 42 of three years, and members who represent local governments shall serve 43 terms of two years and all other members shall serve terms of four 44 years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appoint- 45 ments for the remainder of the unexpired term. (d) Advisory board 46 members shall each be granted voting rights and will together elect a 47 chair whose designation shall be made bi-annually. (e) The advisory 48 board shall meet at such times and places as may be determined by its 49 chair. The advisory board shall meet at a minimum of six times in the 50 first year and a minimum of three times per year thereafter. All meet- 51 ings shall be open to the public pursuant to article seven of the public 52 officers law. A majority of the members of such council shall constitute 53 a quorum for the transaction of business. (f) After consultation with 54 the director, the advisory board shall discuss and vote on research 55 priorities and topics for the clearinghouse that do not duplicate any 56 research or statistics the department undertakes and that focus on theA. 2164--C 3 1 need of the users of the analysis, which are state and local policy 2 makers, educational entities, workforce development providers, busi- 3 nesses, and economic development administrators. 4 5. The wage data clearinghouse shall use unemployment insurance data 5 as described in section five hundred thirty-seven of this chapter 6 provided by the department and any other data sets including data 7 provided by state, federal or local agencies it deems appropriate. The 8 clearinghouse shall keep private and safeguard any personally identifi- 9 able information it obtains and shall not release such information to 10 any other party, and shall use any data it obtains solely for the 11 purpose of furthering the effectiveness and efficiency of workforce 12 development efforts as provided in this section. 13 6. The wage data clearinghouse shall release reports and aggregated 14 data to the department, which shall be posted on the department's 15 website as well as on any website maintained by the clearinghouse. 16 7. One year after selection of the academic institution that will 17 serve as the clearinghouse, the department shall submit to the director 18 of the budget, the chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of 19 the assembly ways and means committee, the chairs of senate and assembly 20 labor committees, the speaker of the assembly, and the president pro 21 tempore of the senate, an evaluation of this program prepared by the 22 department. Such evaluation shall be submitted every four years there- 23 after. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
