Bill Text: NY A01383 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of labor and the office for people with developmental disabilities to study and report on the wages earned by those who help, assist, support, and/or work with the developmentally disabled.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-15 - held for consideration in labor [A01383 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01383-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1383
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CROUCH, LAWRENCE, M. L. MILLER, MORINELLO --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor
        AN ACT requiring the department of labor and the office for people  with
          developmental  disabilities to conduct a study and report on the wages
          earned by aides to the developmentally disabled
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The commissioner of the department of labor, in consulta-
     2  tion with the commissioner of the office for people  with  developmental
     3  disabilities, hereinafter the "commissioners," and any other department,
     4  division,  board,  bureau, commission, agency or public authority of the
     5  state or any political  subdivision  thereof  deemed  necessary  by  the
     6  commissioners  shall  prepare  a  comprehensive  study and report on the
     7  wages earned by individuals who help, support, assist, and/or work  with
     8  the  developmentally  disabled, hereinafter referred to as "aides". Such
     9  study shall include, but not be limited  to  the  following  information
    10  about  each  aide: hourly wage earned, approximate yearly salary earned,
    11  highest level of education completed, certifications  held,  experience,
    12  and geographic location.
    13    §  2. The commissioners shall publish such report to the governor, the
    14  temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
    15  minority  leader of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, and
    16  the chairs of the senate and assembly mental health and labor committees
    17  no later than December 31, 2019.
    18    § 3. Upon receiving the report and recommendation,  the  governor  and
    19  legislature  shall  determine  and  publish an appropriate base wage for
    20  aides to the developmentally disabled no  later  than  March  31,  2020.
    21  This  base wage shall be funded through reimbursements from Medicaid and
    22  any other funds as determined by the director of  the  division  of  the
    23  budget.
    24    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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