Senate Bill S6626

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the customized employment demonstration program whereby certain positions are divided into sub-positions by the civil service commission to provide for employment of disabled persons

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


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

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2019-S6626 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1415
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §55-b, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5805, A8111
2017-2018: S3932, A205
2021-2022: A2381
2023-2024: A3440

2019-S6626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2019-S6626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6626
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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:
 
   Section  1. Section 55-b of the civil service law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE  AND  TWO  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL ESTABLISH A CUSTOMIZED EMPLOYMENT
 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM, OF NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN POSITIONS,  THAT  SUBDI-
 VIDES TRADITIONAL POSITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT INTO TWO OR MORE SUB-POSITIONS
 FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF EMPLOYING PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
 SUCH PERSONS APPOINTED TO FILL SUB-POSITIONS SHALL BE LIMITED  TO  THOSE
 INDIVIDUALS,  WHO  BECAUSE  OF  PHYSICAL  AND/OR  MENTAL DISABILITY, ARE
 UNABLE TO PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES  OF  THE  POSITION,  BUT  ARE  ABLE  TO
 PERFORM  A  PORTION OF SUCH DUTIES, AND WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT QUALIFY,
 BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THEIR DISABILITY, FOR A  POSITION  DESIGNATED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  SUCH  PERSONS, AS DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDENT, SHALL BE APPOINTED
 AS TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO FILL  SUB-POSITIONS.  SUB-POSITIONS  SHALL  BE
 CUSTOMIZED  TO  THE STRENGTHS AND INTERESTS OF THE JOB CANDIDATE AND THE
 IDENTIFIED NEEDS OF THE EMPLOYER, WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE PROCESS OF  TASK
 REASSIGNMENT,  JOB CARVING AND JOB SHARING. NO PERSON HOLDING A POSITION
 PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE TERMINATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF  ESTAB-
 LISHING  OR FILLING A SUB-POSITION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION. SUB-POSITIONS MAY BE EITHER  PART-TIME  OR  FULL-TIME  EMPLOYMENT.
 COMPENSATION  FOR THE SUB-POSITIONS SHALL BE SET AT THE MINIMUM WAGE, AS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE LABOR  LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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