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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3004
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
        AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to  creating  the  office  of
          older adult workforce development within the office for the aging
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a  new  section  226  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  226.  Office  of  older  adult workforce development. 1. Within the
     4  office, there shall be established an office of  older  adult  workforce
     5  development.  The  office  of older adult workforce development shall be
     6  headed by a coordinator who shall be appointed by  the  director.    The
     7  coordinator  shall work in consultation with the department of labor and
     8  the division of human rights in the course of their duties.
     9    2. The coordinator of the office of older adult workforce  development
    10  shall have the following duties:
    11    (a)  advise and assist the state in coordinating workforce development
    12  programs to address the needs of older adults in the workplace;
    13    (b)  create  a  centralized  website  on  the  office's  website  with
    14  resources  for older adults on job placement, career building and devel-
    15  opment, and job support;
    16    (c)  provide information on prohibitions against age discrimination in
    17  the workplace and remedies available to victims of such discrimination;
    18    (d) provide outreach and education to older  adults  on  the  services
    19  provided by the office of older adult workforce development; and
    20    (e)  perform  other duties as the director may assign to the coordina-
    21  tor.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00192-01-3