NY State Senate Bill 2017-S581

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2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §220-h, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S7543
2011-2012: S76
2013-2014: S79
2015-2016: S1263

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "construction safety course accountability act"; authorizes the department of labor to license any entity or organization in the state of New York which offers an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction safety and health course; requires any person or entity which issues an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction and safety health course card in New York state to submit a copy to the department of labor, with the cardholder's name and address and the date of issuance.

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S581

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the
"construction safety course accountability act"

 PURPOSE :

To ensure the integrity of construction safety training programs
mandated pursuant to state and local laws, by requiring that entities
providing such courses register with the department of labor and that
they report the issuance of safety certificates so that a current
database of certificate holders can be maintained.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill names the act the "construction safety course
accountability act." Section 2 amends section 220-h of the labor law
by adding subsection 2 to require that any entity in New York state
which offers a course to laborers, workers, and mechanics in
construction safety and health, approved by the United States
department of labor's occupational safety and health administration
that is at least ten hours in duration, obtain a license from the
department of labor; adds subsection 3 to require that any entity
offering such a course submit a copy of the certificate or card issued

to any individual indicating completion of such course to the
department of labor so the department can maintain a current database
of cardholders; and adds subsection 4 to give the commissioner the
authority to promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to
implement subdivisions 2 and 3 of this section.

Section 3 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Section 220-h of the labor law requires laborers, workers, and
mechanics employed on certain construction projects to complete a
course of instruction on safety and health approved by the United
States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration that is at least ten hours in duration, commonly known
as the "OSHA 10" course. New York City has a similar regulation.
Currently there is no centralized agency that tracks who has taken the
OSHA 10 course, and no centralized agency that tracks which entities
and organizations are certified to teach the course. Because of that,
it is difficult for employers and safety enforcement agencies to
establish the validity of cards purporting to indicate that an
individual has completed an OSHA 10 course, and there have been
significant instances of fraud in the administration of such courses.
For example, newspapers discovered instances of classes being given in
two hours rather than ten, and in a bar rather than in a classroom.
This legislation would ensure that OSHA 10 courses are properly
administered and would reduce instances of fraud in the issuance of
OSHA 10 course completion cards.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016--S1263
2013-2014 - S.79
2011-12: S.76
2010: S.7543/A.10062-A

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    581
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "construction
   safety course accountability act"

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "construction safety course accountability act".
   § 2.  Section 220-h of the labor law, as added by chapter 282  of  the
 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   §   220-h.   Occupational  Safety  and  Health  Administration  (OSHA)
 construction safety and health course. 1. The advertised  specifications
 for  every  contract  for  the construction, reconstruction, maintenance
 and/or repair of public work to which the state or a municipality  is  a
 party,  where  the  total  cost  of  all  work to be performed under the
 contract is at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars, shall contain a
 provision requiring that all laborers, workers, and  mechanics  employed
 in  the  performance  of the contract on the public work site, either by
 the contractor, sub-contractor or other person doing or  contracting  to
 do  the  whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract, shall
 be certified prior to performing any  work  on  the  project  as  having
 successfully  completed  a  course  in  construction  safety  and health
 approved by the United States department of labor's occupational  safety
 and health administration that is at least ten hours in duration.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  LICENSE  ANY ENTITY OR ORGANIZATION IN THE
 STATE WHICH OFFERS A COURSE  TO  LABORERS,  WORKERS,  AND  MECHANICS  IN
 CONSTRUCTION  SAFETY AND HEALTH APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
 OF LABOR'S OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND  HEALTH  ADMINISTRATION  THAT  IS  AT
 LEAST TEN HOURS IN DURATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO COURSES GIVEN
 IN  ORDER  THAT  SUCH LABORERS, WORKERS AND MECHANICS MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00050-01-7

 S. 581                              2
 
 WORK ON CERTAIN PROJECTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION  OR
 PURSUANT TO ANY LOCAL RULE, REGULATION OR ORDINANCE.
   3.  ANY  PERSON,  ENTITY  OR ORGANIZATION WHICH ISSUES AN OCCUPATIONAL
 SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY  HEALTH  COURSE
 CARD  IN  THE  STATE  SHALL  SUBMIT  A  COPY TO THE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE
 CARDHOLDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS AND THE DATE OF ISSUANCE.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES OR  REGULATIONS  NECES-
 SARY  FOR  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  SUBDIVISIONS  TWO  AND THREE OF THIS
 SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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