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A06397 Summary:

A06397 Actions:

A06397 Committee Votes:

Committee:PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES                                       Chair:Seawright      
DATE:05/16/2024AYE/NAY:6/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Seawright
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Epstein
Aye
McGowan
Absent
McMahon
Excused
Anderson
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Zinerman
Aye
Darling
Absent

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:05/20/2024AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Excused
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Excused
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/20/2024AYE/NAY:33/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Ramos
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Fahy
Aye

A06397 Floor Votes:

A06397 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6397--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 6, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. BURDICK, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on  People  with  Disabilities  --  recommitted  to  the
          Committee on People with Disabilities in accordance with Assembly Rule
          3,  sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT in relation to establishing the task force to promote the employ-
          ment of people with disabilities
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  1.  (a) There is hereby established, in the department of
     2  labor, a task force to promote  competitive  integrated  employment  for
     3  people  with disabilities. The task force shall consist of 16 members to
     4  be appointed by the governor as follows:
     5    (i) a representative from the department of civil service;
     6    (ii) a representative from the department  of  education's  office  of
     7  adult career and continuing education services;
     8    (iii) a representative from the department of labor;
     9    (iv) a representative from the office of the state comptroller;
    10    (v)  a  representative  from  the office for people with developmental
    11  disabilities;
    12    (vi) a representative from the office of mental health;
    13    (vii) a representative from the office of strategic workforce develop-
    14  ment;
    15    (viii) a representative from the office of the chief disability  offi-
    16  cer;
    17    (ix) a representative of organized labor appointed upon recommendation
    18  of  the  New  York State American Federation of Labor-Congress of Indus-
    19  trial Organizations;
    20    (x) a representative of the business community appointed  upon  recom-
    21  mendation of the Business Council of New York State, Incorporated;
    22    (xi) an individual upon recommendation of the speaker of the assembly;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10281-02-4
        A. 6397--A                          2
 
     1    (xii)  an individual upon recommendation of the temporary president of
     2  the senate;
     3    (xiii) two representatives of employment services providers for people
     4  with disabilities; and
     5    (xiv) two individuals with a disability.
     6    (b) The representative from the department of labor shall serve as the
     7  chair of the task force.
     8    2.  The appointed members of the task force shall serve for terms of 3
     9  years.  Vacancies in the membership of the appointed members of the task
    10  force shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.
    11    3. Members of the task force shall  serve  without  compensation,  but
    12  shall  be  reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance
    13  of their duties as members of the task force.
    14    4. The task force  shall  organize  as  soon  as  possible  after  the
    15  appointments are made. The task force shall meet at least quarterly in a
    16  calendar  year, may hold meetings and hearings at places and times as it
    17  designates, and may meet at any other times at the call  of  the  chair-
    18  person. No action shall be taken by the task force except by an affirma-
    19  tive vote of a majority of the voting members.
    20    §  2.  1. (a) The purpose of the task force is to study the problem of
    21  unemployment and underemployment among  individuals  with  disabilities,
    22  and  review  relevant  programs  within  New  York and other states that
    23  assist in the employment of individuals with disabilities in the  public
    24  and/or private sectors.
    25    (b) The task force shall:
    26    (i)  examine  strategies to increase competitive integrated employment
    27  of people with disabilities;
    28    (ii) support the goals of competitive integrated employment,  equality
    29  of  opportunity,  full  participation,  independent living, and economic
    30  self-sufficiency for these individuals;
    31    (iii) ensure that state government is a model employer of  individuals
    32  with disabilities;
    33    (iv)  promote  state  efforts to disseminate information to workers on
    34  state and federal programs that assist individuals with disabilities  in
    35  seeking and maintaining employment;
    36    (v)  assist  in the identification and implementation of strategies to
    37  expand efforts of New  York  state  and  local  government  agencies  to
    38  recruit,  hire,  and retain in employment individuals with disabilities;
    39  and
    40    (vi) coordinate and provide leadership, as necessary, with  regard  to
    41  efforts to increase inclusion in the workforce of individuals with disa-
    42  bilities.
    43    2.  No  later than two years after the appointment of its members, the
    44  task force shall prepare and submit a report to the governor, the tempo-
    45  rary president of the senate, and the  speaker  of  the  assembly.  Such
    46  report  shall provide recommendations on the ways in which the state can
    47  increase competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabil-
    48  ities. Such recommendations shall address the topics set forth  in  this
    49  section.  Each  annual  report  shall be made publicly accessible on the
    50  websites of the state agencies represented on the task force.
    51    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.