A04143 Summary:
BILL NO | A04143 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | DenDekker |
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COSPNSR | Weprin |
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MLTSPNSR | Brennan, Ceretto, Ortiz, Robinson, Skartados, Titone |
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Add S296-d, Exec L | |
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Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices by government agencies relating to persons recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse. |
A04143 Actions:
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01/29/2015 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | referred to governmental operations |
A04143 Committee Votes:
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Go to topA04143 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4143 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CERETTO, ORTIZ, ROBINSON, SKARTADOS, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to unlawful discriminato- ry practices by government agencies relating to persons recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse 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-d 2 to read as follows: 3 § 296-d. Unlawful discriminatory practices by government agencies 4 relating to persons recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse. 1. 5 For the purposes of this section: 6 (a) "Government agency" shall mean any department, division, board, 7 bureau, commission, office, agency, correctional facility, authority or 8 public corporation of the state or a county, city, town or village 9 government or any other instrumentality of local government or public 10 educational institution. 11 (b) "Alcohol abuse" and/or "substance abuse" shall have the same mean- 12 ings as set forth in section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law. 13 2. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for a government 14 agency employer to deny employment to a prospective employee solely on 15 the basis that such prospective employee is recovering from alcohol 16 and/or substance abuse. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07990-01-5