NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1253

Senate Bill S1253

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires colleges, vocational institutions and other approved programs to provide credits or exemptions for comparable military training

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2017-S1253 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3365
Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§669-h & 6505-d, amd §6505-c, Ed L; add Art 2-A §§20-a & 20-b, Gen Bus L; amd §§304-a & 398-d, V & T L; amd §3002, Pub Health L; amd §236-a, County L; amd §45, Gen City L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4914
2015-2016: S2946, A7232

2017-S1253 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires colleges, vocational institutions and other approved programs to provide credits or exemptions for comparable military training; provides for expedited application for admission to the practice of a profession by a veteran or a veteran's spouse; relates to motor vehicle inspector certification and mechanic qualifications, certification of responder or emergency medical technicians, licensure of master electricians and plumber certification.

2017-S1253 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1253

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
course credit for veterans, articulation between military and civilian
professional careers and application for admission to practice of a
profession by a veteran or a veteran's spouse; to amend the general
business law, in relation to licensing, certification and registration
for veterans and veteran's spouses; to amend  the vehicle and traffic
law, in relation to providing motor vehicle inspector certification
and mechanic qualifications; to amend the public health law, in
relation to certification of first responder or emergency medical
technicians; to amend the county law, in relation to licensure of
master electricians; and to amend the general city law, in relation to
plumber certification

 PURPOSE :

To require colleges, vocational institutions and other approved
programs to provide credits or exemptions for comparable military
training, and to provide for articulations by the commissioner of
education, the director of veterans affairs and the secretary of state
to allow former military personal and their spouses to be admitted to
practice professions and receive equivalent licensing, certification
and registrations.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section One - states this bill would add a new section 669-h to the
education law to provide that every veteran who is enrolled on a
fulltime basis as an undergraduate student in good standing, at an
institution within the state university system, shall upon application
and approval of the chancellor, or his or her designee, be granted up
to six academic credits per semester towards his or her degree for
completion of courses that were part of such veteran's military
training or service. In determining the approval of such veteran's
application, the chancellor, or his or her designee, shall consider
the standards of the American council on education. No fee, tuition or
other charge shall be assessed against a veteran who qualifies for
such credit pursuant to this section.

Section Two - amends section 6505-c of the education law to expand the
currently required articulation between military and civilian
professional careers to include programs which may provide, where
applicable, equivalent education and training for those professions
which would promote the economic development, job creation or
technological advancement of business in the state of New York. This
bill further provides that the commissioner and the director shall
consider the standards of the American council on education when
determining which military programs provide equivalent education and
training.

Section Three - states this bill would add a new section 6505-d to the
education law, to expand the articulation performed for veterans under
section 6505-c to include practice of a profession by the spouse of a
veteran.

Section Four - states this bill would add a new Article 2-A to the
general business law to provide the same articulation performed for
veterans and veteran's spouses under section 6505-c and 6505-d of the
education law, to be performed by the secretary of state with respect
to licensing, certification and registration under the general
business law.

Section Five - amends section 304-a of the vehicle and traffic law, to
provide that the commissioner of motor vehicles may, by regulation,
establish standards of competency and fitness for certification as an
inspector; provided, however, that any person who was a member of the
armed forces of the United States, national guard and or reserves and
who by military training and practice acquired the skills of a motor
vehicle inspector shall be certified by the commissioner as an
inspector.

Section Six - amends section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law, to
provide that every person who was a member of the armed forces of the
United States, national guard or reserves and who by military training
and practice acquires the skills of a motor vehicle mechanic shall be
deemed to be qualified to perform work upon motor vehicles at motor
vehicle repair shops.

Section Seven - amends section 3002 of the public health law, to
provide that any person who was a member of the armed forces of the
United States, national guard or reserves and who by military training
and practice was a medic or corpsman shall be certified, without
examination, by the state council and regional councils as a first
responder or emergency medical technician.

Section Eight - amends section 236-a of the county law, to provide
that the counties of Dutchess, Suffolk, and Westchester shall provide
for the licensing, without examination, as a master electrician of any
person who was a member of the armed forces of the United States,
national guard or reserves and who by military training and practice
acquired the skills of an electrician.

Section Nine - amends the general city law, to provide that any person
who was a member of the armed forces of the United States, national
guard or reserves and who by military training and practice acquired
the skills of a plumber shall be certified as competent without
examination.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Recently discharged military service members are frequently delayed in
obtaining post-service employment, even though they have applicable
military education, training and experience which can qualify them for
licenses and/or provide academic credit toward degree requirements.
The Department of Defense of Military Services provides each Service
member a transcript of their experience and training; however, these
transcripts are not always adequate for civilian institutions to
utilize for possible academic credit and by licensing boards to
utilize for licensure requirements. This bill would allow Service
members to obtain credit toward occupational licenses based on their
military education, training and experience.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.2946-B; referred to Finance.
S.4914-C/A.7488-C of 2013-2015; referred to Finance.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to the state.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law, provided, however, that
section one of this act shall take effect on the first of July next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided,
that, effective immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to
implement the provisions of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be amended, added and/or repealed on or
before such date.

2017-S1253 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1253
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  FUNKE, AVELLA, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, RITCHIE -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to course credit for
   veterans, articulation  between  military  and  civilian  professional
   careers and application for admission to practice of a profession by a
   veteran  or  a veteran's spouse; to amend the general business law, in
   relation to licensing, certification and registration for veterans and
   veteran's spouses; to amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation
   to providing motor vehicle inspector certification and mechanic quali-
   fications;  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to certif-
   ication of first responder or emergency medical technicians; to  amend
   the  county  law, in relation to licensure of master electricians; and
   to amend the general city law, in relation to plumber certification
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 669-h
 to read as follows:
   § 669-H. COURSE CREDIT FOR VETERANS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,
 THE  TERM  "VETERAN"  MEANS  A  PERSON, MALE OR FEMALE, RESIDENT OF THIS
 STATE, WHO HAS SERVED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY OR  NAVAL  SERVICE  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES  DURING  A WAR IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES WAS ENGAGED AND
 WHO HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SUCH SERVICE BY ANY MEANS OF AN HONORABLE  OR
 GENERAL DISCHARGE, OR WHO HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED TO THE RESERVE.
   2. EVERY VETERAN WHO IS ENROLLED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AS AN UNDERGRAD-
 UATE  STUDENT  IN  GOOD  STANDING,  AT  AN  INSTITUTION WITHIN THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, SHALL UPON APPLICATION AND APPROVAL OF  THE  CHANCEL-
 LOR,  OR  HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, BE GRANTED UP TO SIX ACADEMIC CREDITS PER
 SEMESTER TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE FOR COMPLETION OF COURSES  THAT  WERE
 PART OF SUCH VETERAN'S MILITARY TRAINING OR SERVICE.  IN DETERMINING THE
 APPROVAL  OF  SUCH  VETERAN'S APPLICATION, THE CHANCELLOR, OR HIS OR HER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD04158-01-7

 S. 1253                             2
 
 DESIGNEE, SHALL CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCA-
 TION. NO FEE, TUITION OR OTHER CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED AGAINST A VETER-
 AN WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   3.  THE  CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MAY PROMULGATE
 RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE NECESSARY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS  SECTION.
   § 2. Section 6505-c of the education law, as added by chapter  106  of
 the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   §  6505-c.  Articulation  between  military  and civilian professional
 careers. 1. The commissioner shall develop, jointly with the director of
 the division of veterans' affairs, a program to facilitate  articulation
 between  participation  in  the military service of the United States or
 the military service of the state and admission to practice of a profes-
 sion. The commissioner and the director shall identify, review and eval-
 uate professional training programs offered through either the  military
 service  of the United States or the military service of the state which
 may, where applicable, be  accepted  by  the  department  as  equivalent
 education  and  training  in lieu of all or part of an approved program.
 Particular emphasis shall be placed on the  identification  of  military
 programs  which have previously been deemed acceptable by the department
 as equivalent education and training, programs which may provide,  where
 applicable,  equivalent  education  and  training  for those professions
 which are critical to public health and safety and  programs  which  may
 provide,  where  applicable, equivalent education and training for those
 professions for which shortages exist in the  state  of  New  York,  AND
 PROGRAMS  WHICH  MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND
 TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
 MENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE
 OF NEW YORK.
   2. The commissioner and the director shall prepare  a  list  of  those
 military  programs  which  have previously been deemed acceptable by the
 department as equivalent education and training in lieu of all  or  part
 of  an approved program no later than the thirtieth of August, two thou-
 sand three. On and after such date, such list shall be made available to
 the public and applicants for admission to practice of a profession.
   3. The commissioner and the director shall prepare  a  list  of  those
 military programs which may provide, where applicable, equivalent educa-
 tion  and  training  for  those professions which are critical to public
 health and safety, programs which may provide, where applicable,  equiv-
 alent  education  and training for those professions for which shortages
 exist in the state of New York, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLI-
 CABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING  FOR  THOSE  PROFESSIONS  WHICH
 WOULD  PROMOTE  THE  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL
 ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK and any other  military
 programs  which  may, where applicable, be accepted by the department as
 equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part of an  approved
 program  no  later than the thirty-first of October, two thousand three.
 On and after such date, such list shall be made available to the  public
 and applicants for admission to practice of a profession.
   4.  Such  lists shall be prepared annually no later than the thirtieth
 of June thereafter with additions and  deletions  made  jointly  by  the
 commissioner  and  the  director  and  made  available to the public and
 applicants for admission to practice of a profession on such date.
   5. IN THEIR DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OF  WHICH  MILITARY
 PROGRAMS PROVIDE EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, SO AS TO BE ACCEPTED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR

 S. 1253                             3
 
 PART  OF  AN  APPROVED  PROGRAM, THE COMMISSIONER AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL
 CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
   §  3.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-d to
 read as follows:
   § 6505-D. APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION BY
 A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR
 AN  EXPEDITED  APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION
 BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE  DETER-
 MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE APPLI-
 CATION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER BY THE VETERAN OR SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. IN
 MAKING THE DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  IN
 ADDITION TO THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, ALSO CONSIDER THE
 EQUIVALENT  EDUCATION  AND  TRAINING  OF THE VETERAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED FIVE-C OF  THIS  SUBARTICLE.  IN  MAKING  THE
 DETERMINATION  FOR THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER
 THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE,  TOGETHER  WITH  ANY
 EQUIVALENT  EDUCATION, TRAINING, PAST ADMISSION OR PAST PRACTICE OF SUCH
 SPOUSE OF SUCH PROFESSION IN ANOTHER  JURISDICTION,  TOGETHER  WITH  THE
 STANDARDS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  COUNCIL  ON EDUCATION. IF THE COMMISSIONER
 DETERMINES THAT THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN OR THE  VETER-
 AN'S  SPOUSE,  AND/OR  THEIR  PAST ADMISSION OR PAST PRACTICE IN ANOTHER
 JURISDICTION, IS ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  NECESSARY
 FOR  ADMISSION  TO  PRACTICE  THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE, THEN THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL GRANT SUCH VETERAN OR VETERAN'S SPOUSE  ADMISSION  TO
 PRACTICE THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE.
   §  4.  The general business law is amended by adding a new article 2-A
 to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 2-A
    LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION FOR VETERANS AND VETERAN
                                  SPOUSES
 SECTION 20-A. ARTICULATION BETWEEN MILITARY  AND  CIVILIAN  PROFESSIONAL
                 CAREERS.
         20-B. APPLICATION  FOR  LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION
                 TO PRACTICE A PROFESSION BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE  OF  A
                 VETERAN.
   § 20-A. ARTICULATION   BETWEEN   MILITARY  AND  CIVILIAN  PROFESSIONAL
 CAREERS.  1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE  SHALL  DEVELOP,  JOINTLY  WITH  THE
 DIRECTOR  OF  THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, A PROGRAM TO FACILITATE
 ARTICULATION BETWEEN PARTICIPATION IN THE ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES  OR  THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE AND THE LICENSING, CERTIF-
 ICATION  AND  REGISTRATION  FOR  VETERANS  TO  PRACTICE  ANY  PROFESSION
 LICENSED,  CERTIFIED  OR REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER. THE SECRE-
 TARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL IDENTIFY, REVIEW AND  EVALUATE  PROFESSIONAL
 TRAINING  PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGH EITHER THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES OR THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE WHICH MAY, WHERE APPLICABLE,
 BE ACCEPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION  AND  TRAINING  IN
 LIEU OF ALL OR PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS SHALL BE
 PLACED  ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF MILITARY PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY
 BEEN DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY THE DEPARTMENT  AS  EQUIVALENT  EDUCATION  AND
 TRAINING,  PROGRAMS  WHICH  MAY  PROVIDE,  WHERE  APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT
 EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR  THOSE  PROFESSIONS  WHICH  ARE  CRITICAL  TO
 PUBLIC  HEALTH AND SAFETY AND PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICA-
 BLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS  FOR  WHICH
 SHORTAGES  EXIST  IN  THE  STATE  AND  PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE
 APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION  AND  TRAINING  FOR  THOSE  PROFESSIONS

 S. 1253                             4
 
 WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOG-
 ICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE.
   2.  THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF THOSE MILI-
 TARY PROGRAMS WHICH  HAVE  PREVIOUSLY  BEEN  DEEMED  ACCEPTABLE  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  AS  EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART
 OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  SEVEN-
 TEEN.  ON  AND AFTER SUCH DATE, SUCH LIST SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
 PUBLIC AND APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION.
   3. THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF THOSE  MILI-
 TARY  PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION
 AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO  PUBLIC  HEALTH
 AND  SAFETY,  PROGRAMS  WHICH  MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT
 EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS FOR WHICH  SHORTAGES  EXIST
 IN  THE  STATE, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT
 EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS  WHICH  WOULD  PROMOTE  THE
 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSI-
 NESS  IN  THE  STATE  AND  ANY  OTHER MILITARY PROGRAMS WHICH MAY, WHERE
 APPLICABLE, BE ACCEPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS  EQUIVALENT  EDUCATION  AND
 TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM NO LATER THAN THE
 THIRTY-FIRST  OF OCTOBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. ON AND AFTER SUCH DATE,
 SUCH LIST SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND APPLICANTS  FOR  THE
 LICENSING,  CERTIFICATION  AND REGISTRATION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFES-
 SION.
   4. SUCH LISTS SHALL BE PREPARED ANNUALLY NO LATER THAN  THE  THIRTIETH
 OF  JUNE  THEREAFTER  WITH  ADDITIONS  AND DELETIONS MADE JOINTLY BY THE
 SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC  AND  APPLI-
 CANTS  FOR THE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION TO THE PRACTICE
 OF A PROFESSION ON SUCH DATE.
   5. IN THEIR DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OF  WHICH  MILITARY
 PROGRAMS PROVIDE EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, SO AS TO BE ACCEPTED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR
 PART  OF  AN  APPROVED  PROGRAM,  THE  SECRETARY  AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL
 CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
   § 20-B. APPLICATION FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION  OR  REGISTRATION  TO
 PRACTICE  A PROFESSION BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. THE SECRE-
 TARY OF STATE SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN EXPEDITED APPLICATION FOR  LICENSING,
 CERTIFICATION  OR  REGISTRATION  TO  THE  PRACTICE  OF A PROFESSION BY A
 VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL  BE  DETERMINED
 BY  THE  SECRETARY  WITHIN  THIRTY DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION
 WITH THE SECRETARY BY THE VETERAN OR SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. IN MAKING  THE
 DETERMINATION  FOR  THE VETERAN, THE SECRETARY SHALL, IN ADDITION TO THE
 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE  VETERAN,  ALSO  CONSIDER  THE  EQUIVALENT
 EDUCATION  AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWEN-
 TY-A OF THIS ARTICLE. IN MAKING  THE  DETERMINATION  FOR  THE  VETERAN'S
 SPOUSE,  THE  SECRETARY SHALL CONSIDER THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE
 VETERAN'S SPOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ANY EQUIVALENT EDUCATION, TRAINING, PAST
 LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION OR PAST PRACTICE OF SUCH SPOUSE
 OF SUCH PROFESSION IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, TOGETHER WITH THE  STANDARDS
 OF  THE  AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES THAT
 THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF  THE  VETERAN  OR  THE  VETERAN'S  SPOUSE,
 AND/OR THEIR PAST LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION OR PAST PRAC-
 TICE  IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, IS ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS NECESSARY FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE
 THE PROFESSION IN THE STATE, THEN THE SECRETARY SHALL GRANT SUCH VETERAN
 OR VETERAN'S SPOUSE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE
 SUCH PROFESSION.

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   § 5. Subdivision (c) of section 304-a of the vehicle and traffic  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  61  of  the  laws of 1989, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (c) The commissioner may, by regulation, establish standards of compe-
 tency  and fitness for certification as an inspector; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES,  NATIONAL  GUARD  OR  RESERVES  AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND
 PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  INSPECTOR  SHALL  BE
 CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS AN INSPECTOR.
   § 6. Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  ANY  PERSON  WHO  WAS  A  MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND WHO  BY  MILITARY  TRAINING  AND
 PRACTICE  ACQUIRES  THE  SKILLS  OF  A  MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC, SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO BE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM WORK  UPON  MOTOR  VEHICLES  AT  MOTOR
 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS.
   §  7.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3002  of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 580 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2. The state council shall have the power, by an affirmative vote of a
 majority  of  those present, subject to approval by the commissioner, to
 enact, and from time to time, amend and repeal,  rules  and  regulations
 establishing minimum standards for ambulance services, ambulance service
 certification,  advanced  life  support  first  response  services,  the
 provision of prehospital emergency medical care, public  education,  the
 development  of  a  statewide  emergency  medical  services  system, the
 provision of ambulance services outside the primary territory  specified
 in  the  ambulance  services' certificate and the training, examination,
 and certification of certified first responders, emergency medical tech-
 nicians, and advanced emergency medical technicians; provided,  however,
 that  such minimum standards must be consistent with the staffing stand-
 ards established by section three thousand five-a of this article.  Such
 training  shall  be  made  available by video or computer to the maximum
 extent possible. [Until January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, no
 minimum standards shall be established for services provided by a volun-
 tary ambulance service operating  solely  pursuant  to  a  statement  of
 registration  issued  under section three thousand four.] The curriculum
 for certified first responder training shall not exceed fifty-one  hours
 including  prerequisites.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
 ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
 OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND  WHO  BY  MILITARY
 TRAINING AND PRACTICE WAS A MEDIC OR CORPSMAN, SHALL BE CERTIFIED, WITH-
 OUT  EXAMINATION,  BY THE STATE COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AS A FIRST
 RESPONDER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. The state council shall  have
 the  same  powers  granted  to  regional councils by this article in any
 region of the state in which a regional  council  has  not  been  estab-
 lished.
   §  8.  Subdivision 1 of section 236-a of the county law, as amended by
 chapter 257 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the general city law or any other
 law to the contrary, the counties of Dutchess, Suffolk  and  Westchester
 are  each hereby authorized to establish a county board of examiners for
 master electricians and to empower such board to  assume  all  licensing
 duties  within  each such county with respect to the licensure of master
 electricians.   PROVIDED, THAT  SUCH  COUNTIES  SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR  THE
 LICENSING,  WITHOUT  EXAMINATION,  AS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN OF ANY PERSON

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 WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  NATIONAL
 GUARD  OR  RESERVES,  AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED
 THE SKILLS OF AN ELECTRICIAN. The  counties  of  Dutchess,  Suffolk  and
 Westchester  shall provide for master electrician's duties and responsi-
 bilities in accordance with the local law of each such county.
   § 9. Section 45 of the general city law is amended to read as follows:
   § 45. Examinations; conducting business without certificate  prohibit-
 ed.  A  person  desiring  or intending to conduct the trade, business or
 calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing
 or master plumber, shall be required to submit to an examination  before
 such examining board of plumbers as to his experience and qualifications
 for  such  trade, business or calling, and it shall not be lawful in any
 city of this state for a person to conduct such trade, business or call-
 ing, unless he shall have first obtained  a  certificate  of  competency
 from  such board of the city in which he conducts or proposes to conduct
 such business.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A  MEMBER  OF
 THE  ARMED  FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND
 WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF A  PLUMBER,
 SHALL BE CERTIFIED AS COMPETENT WITHOUT EXAMINATION.
   § 10. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law, provided, however,
 that section one of this act shall take effect on the first of July next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that,
 effective immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to  implement
 the  provisions  of  this  act  on its effective date are authorized and
 directed to be amended, added and/or repealed on or before such date.

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Senate Bill S1253

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Sponsored By

Rich Funke

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

co-Sponsors

Tony Avella

William Larkin

Kathleen A. Marchione

Patty Ritchie

2017-S1253 (ACTIVE) - Details

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