Bill Text: NY A10765 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of labor, to develop a program which incentivizes unemployed individuals to enter jobs in healthcare, including but not limited to, certified nurse aides.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-09 - referred to higher education [A10765 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10765-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10765 IN ASSEMBLY July 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hunter) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a program to incentivize unemployed individuals to enter jobs in healthcare The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 59 to read as follows: 3 59. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commis- 4 sioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of health and the commis- 5 sioner of labor shall establish a program which incentivizes unemployed 6 individuals to enter jobs in healthcare, including but not limited to, 7 certified nurse aides. Such incentives shall include, but not be limited 8 to, expedited training and certification processes for such healthcare 9 positions as determined by the commissioner. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16165-02-0