Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
May 20, 2021 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S6930
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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
2021-S6930 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §296, Exec L
2021-S6930 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6930 SPONSOR: MAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring New York state agencies and other state government entities to provide personal assistance services to employees with targeted disabilities PURPOSE: To require governmental entities to provide employees with personal assistance services when the employee has a targeted disability. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new subdivision to the Executive law to categorize the refusal to provide personal assistance services to employees that request it as unlawfully discriminatory. Such an accommodation is not required when the individual is not a state or governmental employee, does not have a targeted disability, the disability does not require personal assistance services, or the employee cannot perform the essen-
2021-S6930 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6930 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 20, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring New York state agencies and other state government entities to provide personal assistance services to employees with targeted disabilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3-c to read as follows: 3-C. (A) IN ADDITION TO REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS IN POLICIES, PRAC- TICES, OR PROCEDURES, INCLUDING OTHER REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE FOR ANY STATE AGENCY OR OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY ACTING AS AN EMPLOYER TO REFUSE TO PROVIDE PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, UPON REQUEST, TO AN EMPLOYEE WITH A TARGETED DISABILITY WHO REQUIRES PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES BECAUSE OF SUCH TARGETED DISABILITY, AND WHO WILL BE ABLE TO PERFORM THEIR SPECIFIC JOB FUNCTIONS WITHOUT POSING A DIRECT THREAT TO SAFETY ONCE SUCH PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED. (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI- SION, A STATE AGENCY OR OTHER STATE GOVERNMENT ENTITY ACTING AS AN EMPLOYER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO AN INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING SUCH SERVICES WHERE: (I) THE REQUESTOR IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF SUCH STATE AGENCY OR STATE GOVERNMENT ENTITY; (II) THE REQUESTOR DOES NOT HAVE A TARGETED DISABILITY; (III) THE REQUESTOR'S TARGETED DISABILITY DOES NOT CREATE A NEED FOR PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10801-01-1
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