Assembly Bill A7853

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7853 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1934
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง7, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9724, S7500
2011-2012: A109, S1245
2015-2016: A2905, S2842
2017-2018: A4933

2013-A7853 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"; requires state agencies to submit a written action plan for reducing occurrences of injuries in the coming year to the governor and the legislature.

2013-A7853 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7853

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil  service law, in relation to enacting the
  "state workforce injury reduction act"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "state
workforce injury reduction act".
  S 2. Section 7 of the civil service law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7.  EACH  STATE  AGENCY  REFERENCED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT ISSUED BY THE
PRESIDENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL WITHIN THIR-
TY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH REPORT SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  TEMPO-
RARY  PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY A WRITTEN
ACTION PLAN FOR REDUCING OCCURRENCES OF  SUCH  INJURIES  IN  THE  COMING
YEAR.  STATE AGENCIES WILL PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION THROUGH AN
AUTHORIZED  EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE WHEN PREPARING AND IMPLEMENTING SUCH
WRITTEN ACTION PLANS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04969-01-3

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