STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3004 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to creating the office of older adult workforce development within the office for the aging The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 226 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 226. Office of older adult workforce development. 1. Within the 4 office, there shall be established an office of older adult workforce 5 development. The office of older adult workforce development shall be 6 headed by a coordinator who shall be appointed by the director. The 7 coordinator shall work in consultation with the department of labor and 8 the division of human rights in the course of their duties. 9 2. The coordinator of the office of older adult workforce development 10 shall have the following duties: 11 (a) advise and assist the state in coordinating workforce development 12 programs to address the needs of older adults in the workplace; 13 (b) create a centralized website on the office's website with 14 resources for older adults on job placement, career building and devel- 15 opment, and job support; 16 (c) provide information on prohibitions against age discrimination in 17 the workplace and remedies available to victims of such discrimination; 18 (d) provide outreach and education to older adults on the services 19 provided by the office of older adult workforce development; and 20 (e) perform other duties as the director may assign to the coordina- 21 tor. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00192-01-3