Bill Text: NY S05805 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes the customized employment demonstration program whereby certain positions are divided into sub-positions by the civil service commission to provide for employment of persons with developmental disabilities who are able to perform a portion of the duties of such position.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-08 - PRINT NUMBER 5805A [S05805 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05805-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5805--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to establishing a customized employment demonstration program for persons with disabili- ties; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 55-b of the civil service law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of subdivisions one and two of 4 this section, the commission shall establish a customized employment 5 demonstration program, of not more than fifteen positions, that subdi- 6 vides traditional positions of employment into two or more sub-positions 7 for the purpose of employing persons with developmental disabilities. 8 Such persons appointed to fill sub-positions shall be limited to those 9 individuals, who because of physical and/or mental disability, are 10 unable to perform all the duties of the position, but are able to 11 perform a portion of such duties, and who would otherwise not qualify, 12 because of the severity of their disability, for a position designated 13 pursuant to subdivision one of this section. 14 (b) Such persons, as determined by the president, shall be appointed 15 as temporary employees to fill sub-positions. Sub-positions shall be 16 customized to the strengths and interests of the job candidate and the 17 identified needs of the employer, which may include the process of task 18 reassignment, job carving and job sharing. No person holding a position 19 pursuant to this chapter shall be terminated for the purposes of estab- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10482-03-6
