Bill Text: NY S01245 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"; requires state agencies to submit a written action plan for reducting occurrences of injuries in the coming year to the governor and the legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S01245 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01245-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1245
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens. ADDABBO, PARKER, PERALTA -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Civil
         Service and Pensions
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil  service law, in relation to enacting the
         "state workforce injury reduction act"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "state
    2  workforce injury reduction act".
    3    S 2. Section 7 of the civil service law is amended  by  adding  a  new
    4  subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    5    7.  EACH  STATE  AGENCY  REFERENCED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT ISSUED BY THE
    6  PRESIDENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL WITHIN THIR-
    7  TY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH REPORT SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  TEMPO-
    8  RARY  PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY A WRITTEN
    9  ACTION PLAN FOR REDUCING OCCURRENCES OF  SUCH  INJURIES  IN  THE  COMING
   10  YEAR.  STATE AGENCIES WILL PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION THROUGH AN
   11  AUTHORIZED  EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE WHEN PREPARING AND IMPLEMENTING SUCH
   12  WRITTEN ACTION PLANS.
   13    S 3. 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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