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Assembly Bill A6044
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CASTELLI
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Felix Ortiz
Matthew Titone
Michael G. Miller
Mark J.F. Schroeder
multi-Sponsors
Nancy Calhoun
Steven McLaughlin
Darryl Towns
2011-A6044 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Veterans
- Law Section:
- Civil Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Renum §55-c to be §55-d, amd §55-c & 85, Civ Serv L
2011-A6044 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to employment of veterans with disabilities by the state; includes in the definition of "time of war" more recent conflicts for purposes of civil service credit; renames the employment of veterans program the "wounded warrior program"; allows a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner or the United States veterans' administration to certify a veteran as being disabled but capable of working.
2011-A6044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6044 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 4, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CASTELLI, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to employment of veterans with disabilities by the state and including in the defi- nition of "time of war" more recent conflicts for purposes of civil service credit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 55-c of the civil service law, the section heading as amended by chapter 603 of the laws of 1995 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 340 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: [Employment of veterans with disabilities by the state] WOUNDED WARRI- OR PROGRAM. 1. The commission may determine up to five hundred posi- tions with duties such as can be performed by disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities who are found otherwise qualified to perform satisfactorily the duties of any such position. Upon such determination, the said positions shall be classified in the noncompetitive class, and may be filled only by veterans of the armed forces of the United States who served therein during time of war, as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section eighty-five of this chapter, and (a) who establish by appropriate documentary evidence that they are disabled veterans, as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section eighty-five of this chapter, or (b) by those veterans, as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section eighty-five of this chapter, who shall have been certified by the employee health service of the department, A PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION OR as being disabled but capable of performing the duties of said positions. Priority in certification and referral of both such disabled veterans and certified disabled but capable veterans shall be given to those veterans who received a wound EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09689-01-1
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