Bill Text: NY S00215 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 215 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires the division of human rights to develop an anti-bias and inclusion training; requires certain public employees and private contractors to complete such training bi-annually.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S00215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00215-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         215--B

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Labor  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division
          of human rights to develop an anti-bias and inclusion training program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 296-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 296-e. Anti-bias and inclusion training program.   1.  The  division
     4  shall  develop  a  training  program  for all employees of the office of
     5  parks, recreation and historic preservation, the Olympic regional devel-
     6  opment authority, and the department of environmental  conservation  and
     7  all  private  contractors  working  for  the  state at such agencies who
     8  perform public-facing functions. For purposes of this section  the  term
     9  "public-facing  function"  shall  mean job functions that require inter-
    10  action and communication with the public.
    11    2. All employees and private contractors described in subdivision  one
    12  of this section shall complete such training program biannually.
    13    3.  Such  anti-bias  and inclusion training program shall include, but
    14  shall not be limited to: (a) general  discussions  about  diversity  and
    15  bias,  including  unconscious bias; (b) tools to create an inclusive and
    16  respectful work environment; (c) examination of employee's own  personal
    17  biases;  and (d) identification of ways to respond to discrimination and
    18  bias.
    19    4. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations as he or  she
    20  deems  necessary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this
    21  section.
    22    § 2. 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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