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                                   8928
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2018
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 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2017, relating to directing the
   president of the civil service  commission  to  study  and  publish  a
   report  on  nurse practitioners, in relation to directing the director
   of classification and compensation of the department of civil  service
   to  study  and  publish a report on nurse practitioners as proposed in
   legislative bills number A. 834-B and S. 3567-B
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Sections  1,  2  and  3 of a chapter of the laws of 2017,
 relating to directing the president of the civil service  commission  to
 study and publish a report on nurse practitioners, as proposed in legis-
 lative  bills  numbers  A.  834-B  and S. 3567-B, are amended to read as
 follows:
   Section 1. It is the policy of this state to pursue equitable  compen-
 sation  for similar titles/duties within the state workforce and provide
 for opportunities for career advancement. [Compensation should be  based
 not  only  on  educational  requirements, but also on the actual duties,
 experience and advanced  educational  certification.]  The  [job  title]
 OCCUPATIONAL  CATEGORY  of nurse practitioner [is overdue for a thorough
 review] MUST BE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED by the  DIRECTOR  OF  CLASSIFICATION
 AND  COMPENSATION  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF civil service [commission] TO
 ENSURE THAT THERE IS APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION.
   § 2. [The president of the state] IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SECTION  118  OF
 THE  CIVIL  SERVICE LAW, THE DIRECTOR OF CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION
 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF civil service [commission] is  hereby  directed  to
 study  and  publish a report on the [job title] OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY of
 nurse practitioner. The study and  report  shall  include,  but  not  be
 limited to:
   (a)  the  current job [description] DESCRIPTIONS of nurse practitioner
 TITLES and any changes that should be made to  more  accurately  reflect
 the actual duties OF SUCH POSITIONS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (b)  determination  if  the  current [grade 24] SALARY ALLOCATIONS FOR
 NURSE PRACTITIONER JOB TITLES adequately [reflects] REFLECT the  [actual
 complexity of] POSITIONS' responsibilities and duties;
   (c)  [the identification of] DETERMINATION IF THERE SHOULD BE a career
 ladder [to be] FOR NURSE PRACTITIONER TITLES, AS IS  utilized  [in  line
 with]  FOR other LICENSED MEDICAL professionals such as registered nurs-
 es, social workers, rehabilitation counselors, dentists and doctors; AND
   (d)  [the  correlation  between  career  ladders  and  the  impact  on
 retention; and
   (e)]  AN  ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER recognition of board certification [as
 part of the career ladder] IS NEEDED BY THE STATE.
   § 3. The [president] DIRECTOR of [the] CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION
 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF civil service [commission] shall determine if there
 is a need to make changes to the nurse practitioner [title]  JOB  TITLES
 based  on  the  information  in  the report. The [president] DIRECTOR of
 [the] CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF civil service
 [commission] shall submit the above described published  report  to  the
 speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, the tempo-
 rary  president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate and the
 governor's office of employee relations by July 1, 2018.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a chapter of the laws of 2017 directing the president of the
 civil service commission to study and publish a report on nurse  practi-
 tioners,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  A. 834-B and S.
 3567-B, takes effect.