Bill Text: NY S06626 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the customized employment demonstration program whereby certain positions are divided into sub-positions by the civil service commission to provide for employment of persons with developmental disabilities who are able to perform a portion of the duties of such position.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S06626 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06626-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6626 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE July 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to establishing a customized employment demonstration program for persons with disabili- ties; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 55-b of the civil service law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of subdivisions one and two of 4 this section, the commission shall establish a customized employment 5 demonstration program, of not more than fifteen positions, that subdi- 6 vides traditional positions of employment into two or more sub-positions 7 for the purpose of employing persons with developmental disabilities. 8 Such persons appointed to fill sub-positions shall be limited to those 9 individuals, who because of physical and/or mental disability, are 10 unable to perform all the duties of the position, but are able to 11 perform a portion of such duties, and who would otherwise not qualify, 12 because of the severity of their disability, for a position designated 13 pursuant to subdivision one of this section. 14 (b) Such persons, as determined by the president, shall be appointed 15 as temporary employees to fill sub-positions. Sub-positions shall be 16 customized to the strengths and interests of the job candidate and the 17 identified needs of the employer, which may include the process of task 18 reassignment, job carving and job sharing. No person holding a position 19 pursuant to this chapter shall be terminated for the purposes of estab- 20 lishing or filling a sub-position established pursuant to this subdivi- 21 sion. Sub-positions may be either part-time or full-time employment. 22 Compensation for the sub-positions shall be set at the minimum wage, as 23 established pursuant to section six hundred fifty-two of the labor law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06292-01-9S. 6626 2 1 Such compensation shall not include health benefits, pension benefits or 2 any other additional benefits. All such sub-positions shall be classi- 3 fied in the non-competitive class. 4 (c) The program established pursuant to this subdivision shall 5 commence on July first, two thousand twenty. The president shall, in 6 consultation with the commissioner of developmental disabilities and the 7 commissioner of mental health, examine and evaluate the implementation 8 and effects of this section, and shall issue to the legislature, an 9 interim report, on or before July first, two thousand twenty-one, and a 10 final report, on or before July first, two thousand twenty-two, of its 11 findings, conclusions and recommendations, including whether the 12 provisions of this subdivision should be continued on a permanent basis 13 and, if so, recommendations for the implementation of a permanent 14 customized employment program. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 16 deemed repealed January 1, 2023.
