Senate Bill S4675

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the convening of a human services employee wage board

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee


  • 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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2023-S4675 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8937
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 19-E §§697 - 697-b, Lab L

2023-S4675 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the convening of a human services employee wage board; requires the commissioner of labor to convene a human services employee wage board comprised of twelve members; requires the wage board to hold hearings and report and make recommendations to the governor and legislature no later than December 31, 2023.

2023-S4675 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4675 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4675
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the convening of  a  human
   services employee wage board
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new  article  19-E  to
 read as follows:
 
                               ARTICLE 19-E
                         HUMAN SERVICES EMPLOYEES
 
 SECTION 697. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY.
         697-A. DEFINITIONS.
         697-B. HUMAN SERVICES EMPLOYEE WAGE BOARD.
   §  697.  STATEMENT  OF PUBLIC POLICY. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS AND
 DECLARES THAT THERE ARE PERSONS EMPLOYED BY HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS  IN
 THE  STATE OF NEW YORK AT WAGES INSUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE MAINTE-
 NANCE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
   HUMAN SERVICES WORKERS ARE ESSENTIAL  TO  THE  STATE  AND  LOCALITIES'
 ABILITY  TO ASSIST NEW YORKERS CONFRONTING A RANGE OF SOCIAL CHALLENGES.
 TO  ACHIEVE  COST  SAVINGS,  GOVERNMENT  HAS  TRANSFERRED  MOST  LEGALLY
 MANDATED  HUMAN  SERVICES FOR NEW YORKERS TO NONPROFITS AND IN TURN HAVE
 CREATED MASSIVE PAY DISPARITIES WITHIN THE FIELD. GOVERNMENT IS NOT JUST
 THE PREDOMINANT FUNDER OF HUMAN SERVICES IN NEW YORK,  IT  IS  ALSO  THE
 MAIN  DRIVER OF HUMAN SERVICES SALARIES AS IT DIRECTLY SETS SALARY RATES
 ON CONTRACTS OR DOES SO INDIRECTLY BY ESTABLISHING COSTS FOR A  UNIT  OR
 SERVICE, ALONG WITH REQUIRED STAFFING ON A CONTRACT.
   NONPROFITS  CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE HUMAN SERVICES ARE NOT ONLY PROVIDED
 INSUFFICIENT FUNDING TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES, BUT ARE  MET  WITH  CHRONIC
 DELAYS  IN PAYMENT, UNDERFUNDING, AND A LACK OF SINCERE COLLABORATION TO

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06609-01-3
              

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