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
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