NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6302

Senate Bill S6302

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state service corps, relates to the New York state service corps - health services track; repealer

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2015-S6302 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §163-b, Exec L; amd §3.23, Pks & Rec L; rpld & add Art 2 Title 2-B §§231 & 232, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S146, S7078
2019-2020: S2370
2021-2022: S2893
2023-2024: S2979

2015-S6302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state service corps; relates to the New York state service corps - health services track.

2015-S6302 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6302

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the New
York state service corps; to amend the parks, recreation and historic
preservation law and the public health law, in relation to the New
York state service corps - health services track; and to repeal title
2-B of article 2 of the public health law, relating to the New York
state health service corps

 PURPOSE :

Establishes the New York State Service Corps

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Sections one and two create the New York State Service Corps to be
administered by the New York State Commission on National and
Community Service in cooperation with appropriate agencies. The
Service Corps will provide opportunities to interested applicants,
including youth, young adults facing unemployment, graduates and
others through service corps programs including, but not limited to
green jobs, conservation, revitalization (including arts and culture),
health (including early childhood) and other tracks. No such
fellowship or internship shall wholly replace work performed under a

civil service title.

This legislation also expands the current state conservation corps
program to include additional focuses on green jobs and revitalization
among other purposes, and connects these programs to the Service Corps
umbrella.

Section three reinstates the health service corps program for recent
graduates in various health professions, and coordinates these through
the Service Corps, under the supervision of the Department of Health.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Service corps programs can support job training and readiness across
the state. The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) showed what
could be achieved through government support for work experience and
training during a time of economic hardship. WPA programs, including
the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), National Youth Administration,
and others provided training and experience to millions of Americans
otherwise facing unemployment, and the work performed by members of
such programs improved infrastructure, restored landmarks, maintained
parks and supported public art projects in almost every major
community in the country.{1} At its peak, the CCC alone provided jobs
and training to over 500,000 people at 2,600 sites across the
country.{2}

Programs around the country have built on this tradition by providing
youth and others with experience and job training in support of public
goals:

Nationwide, the Americorps program engages youth, seniors, and others
in local service projects through funding provided to local nonprofits
to take on service members and through team-based, residential service
programs for youth.{3}

YouthBuild is a national initiative in which youth facing challenges
finding work gain construction experience building affordable housing,
while receiving job training and pursuing a GED.{4}


The National Health Service Corps provides loan repayment,
scholarships, and job placement assistance to health care
practitioners to facilitate increased access to health care in
underserved areas.{5}

In the 1970s and 80s, programs like the Youth Conservation Corps gave
youth opportunities for summer jobs on federally managed lands; some
states (but historically not New York) continued these programs even
after federal programs ended, allowing youth to gain work experience
and training while improving and restoring trails and nature
preserves.{6} Recognizing the promise of these initiatives, New York
has just launched the Excelsior Conservation Corps.{7}

Private organizations like ReServe{8} show how a "service corps" model
can also work to re-engage seniors and more experienced workers
looking to re-enter the workforce.

These programs have allowed thousands of participants to jumpstart job
and career training while contributing to public goals.

Research shows that work-based learning and training programs that
combine job skills and training help participants progress toward
future jobs and careers.{9} A recent nationwide, federally-funded
study of unemployed people showed volunteer service associated with
27% increased odds of finding employment.{10} Studies of youth corps
programs have shown programs increasing earnings and employment,
especially directly after the program, and high satisfaction and
increased work experience among participants.{11} Recent research has
highlighted strategies, such as focusing on certificate attainment,
partnering with unions for training opportunities, and tying training
content to employer needs, that programs can employ to enhance their
impact on increasing job readiness and future education and employment
attainment.{12}

In New York, the Hudson Valley Corps,{13} Adirondack Corps,{14} and
the Governor's new Excelsior Conservation Corps{15} together provide
opportunities to 118 young people each year to receive job training
and work experience performing service projects in New York State's
parks and natural environment. In New York City, Green City Force
provides youth aged 18 to 24 who are unemployed or in dead end jobs
the opportunity for a full-time work and training experience focused
on green jobs.{16} Since its founding in 2009, the program has
enrolled 300 participants and achieved an 80 graduation rate and 80,
placement in employment or college.{17}

A statewide service corps -- including a conservation or green corps,
health and early childhood corps, arts corps,{18} and other tracks -
can build on these examples to provide increased job training, work
experience and other benefits to interested participants statewide
while facilitating important public service goals.{19}

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
One-hundred and twenty days after becoming a law.
{1} See, e.g., Encyclopedia of American History, 7th Ed., Jeffrey B.
Morris and Richard B. Morris, eds., 1996.
{2} Jastrzab, J., Blomquist, J., Masker, J., and Orr, L. Youth Corps:
Promising Strategies for YoungPeople and Their Communities. Prepared
for the Corporation for National Service.  Cambridge, MA: Abt
Associates Inc. 1996.
{3} See Corporation for National & Community Service. "Americorps."
Available at http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps.
{4} See YouthBuild. "About Us." Available at
https://www.youthbuild.org/about-youthbuild.
{5} See U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Services. National Health
Service Corps, Loan Repayment and Scholarships. Available at
http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/index.html and
http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/scholarships/index.html.
{6} See, e.g., California Conservation Corps, Maryland Conservation
Corps, Washington Conservation Corps. A summary of state and local
service corps programs can be found at
http://www.corpsnetwork.org/impact/corps-bystate.
{7} New York's new Excelsior Conservation Corps is now accepting
applications for 50 spots in its 2016 class. See
https://www.ny.gov/programs/new-york-state-excelsior-conservation-
corps.
{8} See ReServe. "About Us." Available at http://reserveinc.org/about.
{9} U.S. Department of Labor. "What Works In Job Training: A Synthesis
of the Evidence." 22 Jul. 2014.
{10} Spera, C.; Gherther, R., Nerino, A., DiTommaso, A. (2013).
Volunteering as a Pathway to Employment: Does Volunteering Increase
Odds of Finding a Job for the Out of Work? Corporation for National
and Community Service, Office of Research and Evaluation: Washington,
DC, 2013.
{11} Jastrzab, J., Blomquist, J., Masker, J., and Orr, L. Youth Corps:
Promising Strategies for YoungPeople and Their Communities. Prepared
for the Corporation for National Service. Cambridge, MA: Abt
Associates Inc. 1996.
{12} Gan, K.N., Jastrzab, J., Jefferson, A., Schneider, G., and
Shlager, C. Youth Corps Emerging Practices for Education and
Employment.  Prepared for the Corporation for National and Community
Service.  Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates Inc. 2011.
{13} The Student Conservation Association. "Hudson Valley Corps."
Available at https://www.thesca.org/serve/program/hudson-valky-corps.
{14} The Student Conservation Association. "Adirondack Corps."
Available at https://www.thesca.org/serveprogram/ adirondack-corps.
{15} "Programs: The New York State Excelsior Conservation Corps."
Available at
https://www.ny.gov;programs/new-york-state-excelsior-conservation-
corps.
{16} During a six- or eleventh-month program, participants perform
green service projects such as energy audits, energy efficiency
outreach, or installation of cool roofs, and concurrently receive
employer-driven training in clean energy or sustainability fields,
leading to certification for work in those fields. Green City Force.
"Welcome to Green City Force" and "Join Us." Available at
http://www.greencityforce.org/ and
http://www.greencityforce.org/clean-energy-corps,join-us/.
{17} Green City Force. "Impact." Available at
http://www.greencityforce.org/about-us/impact/.
{18} See Americans for the Arts. "National Service and the Arts."
Available at
http://www.americansforthearts.org/byprogram/reports-and-data/
legislation-policy/legislative-issue-center/national-service-and-
the-arts.
{19} A broader statewide commitment to service would build on
initiatives like the federal Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act,
passed by Congress and signed by President Obama in 2009 to increase
the benefits for those participating in Americorps and related
programs and encourage broader national volunteering.

2015-S6302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6302

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing  the  New
  York  state service corps; to amend the parks, recreation and historic
  preservation law and the public health law, in  relation  to  the  New
  York  state service corps - health services track; and to repeal title
  2-B of article 2 of the public health law, relating to  the  New  York
  state health service corps

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  163-b
to read as follows:
  S  163-B.  NEW  YORK  STATE  SERVICE CORPS. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED
WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT A NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS, ADMINIS-
TERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 4.179 DATED DECEMBER  THIRTIETH,
NINETEEN  HUNDRED NINETY-THREE, IN CONJUNCTION AND COORDINATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF  PARKS,  RECREATION  AND  HISTORIC  PRESERVATION  AND  THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
  2.  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE SERVICE CORPS SHALL PROVIDE SERVICE OPPORTU-
NITIES FOR INTERESTED APPLICANTS, INCLUDING YOUTH, YOUNG UNEMPLOYED  MEN
AND WOMEN, RECENT HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND POST-SECONDARY GRADUATES, AS
WELL  AS  RECENT RETIREES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED OR
ARE PURSUING A HIGH SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY  EXAMINATION  OR  PROGRAM.  SUCH
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (I) RESIDEN-
TIAL  AND  NON-RESIDENTIAL  CORPS  OPPORTUNITIES; (II) ONE- AND TWO-YEAR
FELLOWSHIP  PROGRAMS;  (III)  INTERNSHIP  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR   CURRENTLY
ENROLLED  STUDENTS;  (IV) PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER ANY OTHER SECTION OF
LAW INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEW YORK STATE SERVICE  CORPS  -  GREEN
JOBS, CONSERVATION, AND REVITALIZATION TRACKS AND NEW YORK STATE SERVICE
CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES TRACK.
  3.  ALL  FELLOWSHIP  AND  INTERNSHIP  OPPORTUNITIES  MAINTAINED BY THE
COMMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE, FOCUSED ON

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13369-02-5

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PROVIDING UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUTH,  YOUNG  ADULTS,  GRADUATES  AND
RETIREES,  AND  SHALL NOT WHOLLY REPLACE WORK CURRENTLY PERFORMED BY ANY
CIVIL SERVICE TITLE.
  4.  APPLICANTS  FOR  ANY  FELLOWSHIP  OR INTERNSHIP UNDER THIS SECTION
SHALL BE PLACED IN OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE DEEMED MOST LIKELY TO  FURTHER
AN  APPLICANT'S  STATED EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS, IN ORDER
TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM EDUCATIONAL VALUE POSSIBLE.
  5. THE COMMISSION SHALL MAINTAIN AND  OPERATE  A  UNIFIED  APPLICATION
PROCESS  FOR SERVICE CORPS OPPORTUNITIES AND SHALL WORK WITH APPROPRIATE
AGENCIES TO DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER SERVICE CORPS PROGRAMS.
  S 2. The section heading and subdivisions 1 and 3 of section  3.23  of
the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, as amended by chap-
ter  128  of the laws of 1987, paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 as amended
by chapter 717 of the laws of 1988, are amended to read as follows:
  New York state [conservation] SERVICE corps -  GREEN  JOBS,  CONSERVA-
TION,  AND  REVITALIZATION TRACKS.  1. [A] THE New York state [conserva-
tion corps] SERVICE CORPS - GREEN JOBS, CONSERVATION, AND REVITALIZATION
TRACKS (hereafter referred to as the "corps") within the office is here-
by established for the following purposes:
  a. To protect air, fish, forest, land, water and wildlife;
  b. To help maintain and improve  botanical  gardens,  historic  sites,
libraries,  museums,  parks,  parkways,  refuges, trails, zoos and other
recreational, ARTISTIC OR CULTURAL investments;
  c. To aid agricultural, fishing, forestry and tourist industries;
  d. To provide jobs and job  training  for  young  unemployed  men  and
women,  especially  from  disadvantaged  backgrounds,  AS WELL AS RECENT
GRADUATES  OF  HIGH  SCHOOL,  HIGH  SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY,  COLLEGE,   AND
POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS, to act as a stepladder to permanent employment;
  e.  To foster co-operation among civilian and governmental agencies in
order to educate the public about state resources;
  f. To reinforce the "I Love New York" campaign;
  g. To take advantage of  the  capital  investment  in  facilities  and
equipment  already  in  place from the programs of youth and young adult
and civilian conservation corps paid for by federal dollars;
  h. To educate the  participants  about  our  natural  environment  and
cultural  heritage,  teach  first  aid  and  disaster procedures, and to
otherwise encourage them to further their education; and
  i. To do such other projects which provide disaster  relief,  increase
energy  conservation, PROMOTE GREEN JOBS, improve fire prevention, beau-
tify highways,  control  insects  and  rodents,  upgrade  public  lands,
PROMOTE  RESILIENCY  AGAINST  HARM  FROM  CHANGES IN WEATHER PATTERNS OR
GENERAL CLIMATE CHANGE, ENHANCE ART AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, and revital-
ize [urban areas] CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES.
  3. The corps shall consist of the following components:
  a. Summer: for youth enrollees, aged fourteen--[eighteen] TWENTY-FOUR;
  b. Seasonal: for unemployed young adult enrollees, aged sixteen--twen-
ty-four;
  c. Non-residential: for young adult enrollees,  aged  sixteen--twenty-
four;
  d. Residential: for young adult enrollees, aged eighteen--twenty-five;
  e.  Volunteer: for interested persons of any age who are members of an
organized group which has proper leadership and insurance;
  f. Crew Leader: for young adults, aged eighteen and over;
  g. Staff: for adults, aged twenty-one and up, who are needed  for  the
few positions enrollees or crew leaders cannot fill; [and]

S. 6302                             3

  h. Director: for adults, aged twenty-five and up, who are in charge of
local  or  state  projects,  residential  camps,  or  overall program of
corps[.]; AND
  I.  FELLOW: FOR YOUNG ADULT ENROLLEES, WHO WILL RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL BENEFIT FROM THE EXPERIENCE PROVIDED ANY PROGRAM  OPER-
ATED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  AND WHO SHALL WORK FOR A SET-TERM OF ONE OR
TWO-YEARS AS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE.
  S 3. Title 2-B of article 2 of the public health law is REPEALED and a
new title 2-B is added to read as follows:
                                TITLE 2-B
          NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES TRACK
SECTION 231. NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES TRACK.
        232. POWERS AND DUTIES.
  S 231. NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES  TRACK.  1.  THE
COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THE NEW YORK STATE
SERVICE CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES TRACK (HEREINAFTER "CORPS"). THE COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  COMMISSION  ON
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, HAVE CENTRAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINIS-
TERING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  TITLE  WITH RESPECT TO INCREASING THE
AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH  SERVICES  IN  CERTAIN  ELIGIBLE  FACILITIES  AND
INSTITUTIONS.
  2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE: (A) "HEALTH CORPS PROFESSIONAL" MEANS A
NURSE,  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT, DENTAL HYGIENIST, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST,
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, AUDIOLOGIST, PHYSICAL  THERAPIST,  MIDWIFE,
OTHER  HEALTH  PROFESSIONAL  OTHER  THAN  A PHYSICIAN OR DENTIST, OR ANY
OTHER PROFESSIONAL WITH  DEMONSTRATED  PROFICIENCY  IN  EARLY  CHILDHOOD
HEALTH  OR DEVELOPMENT WHO IS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSUL-
TATION WITH  THE  COMMISSIONERS  OF  EDUCATION,  CORRECTIONAL  SERVICES,
MENTAL  HEALTH,  PERSONS  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, SECRETARY OF
STATE, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, TO POSSESS THE
SKILLS AND TRAINING APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS  OF  ELIGIBLE  INSTITUTIONS
AND FACILITIES;
  (B) "ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES" MEANS: (I) FACILITIES OPER-
ATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
AND  OFFICE  OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; (II) NON-PROFIT
AGENCIES POSSESSING OPERATING  CERTIFICATES  ISSUED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF
MENTAL  HEALTH  OR OFFICE FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR
UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE COMMISSION FOR  THE  BLIND  AND  VISUALLY  HAND-
ICAPPED;  (III) NOT-FOR-PROFIT DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS LICENSED
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH HAVE A CRITICAL  SHORT-
AGE  OF  HEALTH  PERSONNEL,  AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND WHICH
SERVE THE MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND MEDICAID ELIGIBLE PERSONS; (IV)  HEALTH
CARE  FACILITIES  OPERATED  BY THE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED THAT AT ANY TIME
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS IN SUCH FACILITIES SHALL NOT  EXCEED  TEN
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS UNDER THIS SECTION; (V) IN THE
CASE OF MIDWIVES, NOT-FOR-PROFIT FACILITIES LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE TWEN-
TY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH SERVE THE MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND MEDICAID
ELIGIBLE  WOMEN;  AND  (VI)  AN  EDUCATION  PROGRAM OPERATED PURSUANT TO
SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 232. POWERS AND DUTIES.   THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  IN  CONSULTATION
WITH  THE  COMMISSIONERS  OF  EDUCATION,  CORRECTIONAL  SERVICES, MENTAL
HEALTH, PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, SECRETARY OF STATE, AND
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS
AND DUTIES:
  1. TO RECRUIT AND SELECT HEALTH CORPS  PROFESSIONALS  FOR  SERVICE  IN
ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES;

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  2.  TO  PLACE  HEALTH CORPS PROFESSIONALS IN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS AND
FACILITIES PURSUANT TO AGREEMENTS WITH THE APPROPRIATE  ELIGIBLE  INSTI-
TUTIONS AND FACILITIES;
  3.  TO  DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF APPLICANTS FOR PLACEMENT
UNDER THIS PROGRAM INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STUDENT'S ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT, PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE IN THEIR CHOSEN HEALTH  PROFESSION
AND  A  DEMONSTRATED  INTEREST  IN  WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONALIZED POPU-
LATIONS, COMMUNITIES WITH SERIOUS HEALTH NEEDS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO POPULATIONS WITH HIGH RATES OF CHRONIC ILLNESS OR MEDICAID  ELIGIBIL-
ITY, AND CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.
  4. TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND ANY GRANTS, AWARDS OR OTHER FUNDS OR APPROPRI-
ATIONS  AS  MAY  BE  AVAILABLE  TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE
SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS AS TO THE APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES AND  AUDIT
AS PRESCRIBED FOR STATE FUNDS BY THE STATE FINANCE LAW; AND
  5.  TO  DO  ANY  AND ALL OTHER THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT ITS FUNC-
TIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES AND TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.

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