Senate Bill S6464A

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S6464 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4933
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9724
2011-2012: A109
2013-2014: A7853
2015-2016: A2905

2017-S6464 - Summary

Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"; requires state agencies to submit a written action plan for reducing occurrences of injuries in the coming year to the governor and the legislature.

2017-S6464 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6464 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6464
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service  law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the
   "state workforce injury reduction act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  the  "state
 workforce injury reduction act".
   §  2.  Section  7  of the civil service law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. EACH STATE AGENCY REFERENCED IN THE ANNUAL  REPORT  ISSUED  BY  THE
 PRESIDENT  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL, BEGINNING
 WITH THE REPORT ISSUED IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN  AND  EVERY  OTHER  YEAR
 THEREAFTER,  WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH REPORT
 SUBMIT TO THE PRESIDENT A WRITTEN ACTION PLAN FOR  REDUCING  OCCURRENCES
 OF  SUCH  INJURIES  IN THE COMING YEAR. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH ACTION PLAN
 BUT NO LATER THAN TWO HUNDRED FORTY DAYS AFTER ISSUING THE REPORT PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, THE  PRESIDENT  SHALL  ISSUE  AN
 ADDENDUM TO THE REPORT WITH A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE ACTION PLANS SUBMIT-
 TED  BY EACH AFFECTED STATE AGENCY TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESI-
 DENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. IN  ANY  CASE  WHERE
 ONE  OR  MULTIPLE  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  UNITS  ARE  PRESENT WITHIN AN
 AFFECTED STATE AGENCY, THE STATE AGENCY  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING  REPRESENTATIVE IN ANY DISCUSSIONS ON REPORTS ISSUED PURSUANT
 TO THIS SUBDIVISION. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  CONSTRUED  TO
 CONFLICT  WITH  A  STATE  AGENCY'S  RESPONSIBILITY  TO  BARGAIN WITH THE
 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  FOURTEEN  OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09377-03-7

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2017-S6464A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4933
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9724
2011-2012: A109
2013-2014: A7853
2015-2016: A2905

2017-S6464A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"; requires state agencies to submit a written action plan for reducing occurrences of injuries in the coming year to the governor and the legislature.

2017-S6464A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6464A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6464--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. ADDABBO, AVELLA -- 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 enacting the
   "state workforce injury reduction act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "state
 workforce injury reduction act".
   § 2. Section 7 of the civil service law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  EACH  STATE  AGENCY  REFERENCED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT ISSUED BY THE
 PRESIDENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION  SHALL,  BEGINNING
 WITH  THE  REPORT  ISSUED  IN TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND EVERY OTHER YEAR
 THEREAFTER, WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH  REPORT
 SUBMIT  TO  THE PRESIDENT A WRITTEN ACTION PLAN FOR REDUCING OCCURRENCES
 OF SUCH INJURIES IN THE COMING YEAR. UPON RECEIPT OF  SUCH  ACTION  PLAN
 BUT NO LATER THAN TWO HUNDRED FORTY DAYS AFTER ISSUING THE REPORT PURSU-
 ANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF THIS SECTION, THE PRESIDENT SHALL ISSUE AN
 ADDENDUM TO THE REPORT WITH A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE ACTION PLANS SUBMIT-
 TED BY EACH AFFECTED STATE AGENCY TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT  OF  THE  SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. IN ANY CASE WHERE
 ONE OR MULTIPLE  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  UNITS  ARE  PRESENT  WITHIN  AN
 AFFECTED  STATE  AGENCY,  THE  STATE AGENCY SHALL INCLUDE THE COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE IN ANY DISCUSSIONS ON REPORTS ISSUED  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
 CONFLICT WITH A  STATE  AGENCY'S  RESPONSIBILITY  TO  BARGAIN  WITH  THE
 COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  REPRESENTATIVE  PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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