Bill Text: NY A07223 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the president of the civil service commission to conduct a study on the employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state and make recommendations as to whether the state needs to hire more persons and veterans with disabilities to fill the positions created by sections 55-b and 55-c of the civil service law.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-07 - substituted by s6276a [A07223 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07223-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7223--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 29, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil service law, in relation to requiring the
          president of the civil service commission to conduct a  study  on  the
          employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  59-c to read as follows:
     3    §  59-c.  State  employment  of persons and veterans with disabilities
     4  study. 1. The president shall conduct a  comprehensive  study  analyzing
     5  the  effectiveness  of  sections  fifty-five-b  and fifty-five-c of this
     6  title which deals with the employment of persons and veterans with disa-
     7  bilities by the state and prepare and submit an  annual  report  to  the
     8  speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, the tempo-
     9  rary  president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate and the
    10  governor's office of employee relations, and make publicly available  on
    11  the department's website no later than one year after the effective date
    12  of this section, and every year thereafter.
    13    2. Such report shall include but not be limited to:
    14    (a)  the number of persons with a letter of eligibility under sections
    15  fifty-five-b and fifty-five-c of this title that have received  a  civil
    16  service appointment;
    17    (b)  the number of persons at the time of the report who have received
    18  a letter of eligibility from the department certifying they are eligible
    19  to  be  appointed  in  accordance   with   sections   fifty-five-b   and
    20  fifty-five-c of this title;
    21    (c)  the  number  of  persons  with  a  physical  or mental disability
    22  appointed in accordance with sections fifty-five-b and  fifty-five-c  of
    23  this  title  that  have  taken  a  promotional examination including the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10474-02-1
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     1  number of such persons that have taken a promotional examination  within
     2  the last five years;
     3    (d)  a  determination  as  to  whether the state is underutilizing the
     4  provisions of such sections based on such findings from the report;
     5    (e) an assessment of whether the state offers any additional  programs
     6  run  by  the state with the mission to increase the employment of people
     7  with disabilities, including, but  not  limited  to:  Adult  Career  and
     8  Continuing  Ed  Services  (ACCES-VR) within the education department and
     9  the office for people with developmental disabilities' supported employ-
    10  ment services programs; and
    11    (f) recommendations based on the findings from the report as to wheth-
    12  er the state can take additional action to market or inform  the  public
    13  of  state  job  opportunities for persons and veterans with disabilities
    14  and if so, what specific actions should be taken.
    15    3. For the purposes of this section, the president  may  conduct  such
    16  study in conjunction with any other department, division, board, bureau,
    17  commission,  agency,  or public authority of the state deemed necessary.
    18  To the maximum extent feasible, the president  shall  be  authorized  to
    19  request,  receive,  and  utilize  such  resources  and data of any other
    20  department, division,  board,  bureau,  commission,  agency,  or  public
    21  authority  of  the state as he or she may reasonably request to properly
    22  carry his or her powers and duties pursuant to this section.
    23    4. The president shall promulgate rules  and  regulations  as  may  be
    24  necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.