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Matched Legal Cases: ['§44', '§3', 'Art 2', '§231', '§  44', '§  2', '§ 3', '§ 231', '§  232']

NY State Senate Bill S2370
senate Bill S2370
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Jan 24, 2019 referred to labor
S2370 (ACTIVE) - Details
Add §44, Lab L; amd §3.23, Pks & Rec L; rpld & add Art 2 Title 2-B §§231 & 232, Pub Health L
2015-2016: S6302
2017-2018: S146, S7078, A8201
S2370 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the New York state service corps; relates to the New York state service corps - health services track.
S2370 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2370
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing the New York
state service corps; to amend the parks, recreation and historic preser-
vation law and the public health law, in relation to the New York state
service corps - health services track; and to repeal title 2-B of arti-
cle 2 of the public health law, relating to the New York state health
Establishes the New York State Service Corps.
Sections one and two create the New York State Service Corps to be
administered. by the New York State Department of Labor in cooperation
with appropriate agencies. The Service Corps will provide opportunities
to interested applicants, including youth, young adults facing unemploy-
ment, graduates and others through service corps programs including, but
not limited to green jobs, conservation, revitalization (including arts
and culture), health (including early childhood) and other tracks. No
such fellowship or internship shall wholly replace work performed under
a civil service title.
This legislation also expands the current state conservation corps
program to include additional focuses on green jobs and revitalization
among other purposes, and connects these programs to the Service Corps
Section three reinstates the health service corps program for recent
graduates in various health professions, and coordinates these through
the Service Corps, under the supervision of the Department of Health.
Service corps programs can support job training and readiness across the
state. The federal Works-Progress Administration (WPA) showed what could
be achieved through. government support for work experience and training
during a time of economic hardship. WPA programs, including the Civilian
Conservation Corps (CCC), National Youth Administration, and others
provided training and experience to millions of Americans otherwise
facing unemployment, and the work performed by members of such programs
improved infrastructure, restored landmarks, maintained parks and
supported public art projects in almost every major community in the
country.(1) At its peak, the CCC alone provided jobs and training to
over 500,000 people at 2,600 sites across the country. (2)
Programs around the country have built on this tradition by providing
youth and others with experience and job training in support of public
Nationwide, the Americorps program engages youth, seniors, and others in
local, service projects through funding provided to local nonprofits to
take on service members and through team-based, residential service
programs for youth.(3) YouthBuild is a national initiative in which
youth facing challenges finding work gain construction experience build-
ing affordable housing, while receiving job training and pursuing a
GED.(4) The National Health Service Corps provides loan repayment, scho-
larships, and job placement assistance to health care practitioners to
facilitate increased access to health care in underserved areas.(5)
In the 1970s and 80s, programs like the Youth Conservation Corps gave
youth opportunities for summer jobs on federally managed lands; some
states (but historically not New York) continued. these programs even
after federal programs ended, allowing youth to gain work experience and
training while improving and restoring trails and nature preserves.(6)
Recognizing the promise of these initiatives, New York has just launched
the Excelsior Conservation Corps.(7)
Private organizations like ReServe(8) show how a "service corps" model
can also work to re-engage seniors and more experienced workers looking
to reenter the workforce.
These programs have allowed thousands of participants to jumpstart job
and career training while contributing to public goals.
Research shows that work-based learning and training programs that
combine job skills and training help participants progress toward future
jobs and careers. (9) A recent nationwide, federally-funded study of
unemployed people showed volunteer service associated with 21 increased
odds of finding employment.(10) Studies of youth corps programs have
shown programs increasing earnings and employment, especially directly
after the program, and high satisfaction and increased. work experience
among. participants.(11) Recent research has highlighted strategies,
such as focusing on certificate attainment, partnering with unions for
training opportunities, and Lying training content to employer needs,
that programs can employ to enhance their impact on increasing job
'readiness and future education and employment attainment.(12)
In New York, the Hudson Valley Corps,(13) Adirondack Corps,(14) and the
Governor's new Excelsior Conservation Corps(15) together provide oppor-
tunities to 118 young people each year to receive job training and work
experience performing service projects in New York State's parks and
natural environment. In New York City, Green City Force provides youth
aged 18 to 24 who are unemployed or in dead end jobs the opportunity for
a full-time work and training experience focused on green jobs. (16)
Since its founding in 2009, the program has enrolled 300 participants
and achieved an 80 graduation rate and 80, placement in employment or
college.(17)
A statewide service corps -- including a conservation or green corps,
health and early childhood corps, arts corps,(18) and other tracks - can
build on these examples to provide increased job training, work experi-
ence and other benefits to interested participants statewide while
facilitating important public service goals. (19)
2018: S7078/A8201 - REFERRED TO LABOR/ referred to labor
2017: S146/A8201 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES/ referred to labor
2016: 56302 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
One-hundred and twenty days after becoming a law.
(1) See, e.g., Encyclopedia of American History, 7th Ed., Jeffrey B.
Morris and Richard B. Morris, eds., 1996.
(2) Jastrzab, J., Blomquist, J., Masker, J., and Orr, L. Youth Corps:
Promising Strategies for YoungPeople and Their Communities. Prepared for
the Corporation for National Service. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates Inc.
(3) See Corporation for National & Community Service. "Americorps."
Available at http://www.nat.ionaiservice.gov /programs/americorps.
(4) See YouthBuild. "About Us." Available at htups://www.youthbuild.org
/about-youthbuild.
(5) See U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Services. National Health Service
Corps, Loan Repayment and Scholarships. Available at
http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/ loanrepayment/ index.html and http://nhsc.hrsa.gov
/scholarships/index .html.
(6) See, e.g., California Conservation Corps, Maryland Conservation
Corps, Washington Conservation Corps. A summary of state and local
service corps programs can be found at http://www.corpsnetwork.org
/impact/corps- bystate.
{7) New York's new Ezcelsior Conservation Corps is now accepting appli-
cations for 50 spots in its 2016 class. See https://www.ny.clov
/proqrams/new-york.-state-excelsior -conservationcorps.
(8) See ReServe. "About Us." Available at http://reserveinc.  org/about.
{9) U.S. Department of Labor. "What Works In Job Training:  A Synthesis
of the Evidence." 22 Jul. 2014.
(10) Opera, C.; Gherther, R., Nerino, A., DiTommaso, A. (2013).  Volun-
teering as a Pathway to Employment: Does Volunteering Increase Odds of
Finding a Job for the Out of Work? Corporation for National and Communi-
ty Service, Office of Research and Evaluation: Washington, DC, 2013.
(11) Jastrzab, j., Blonquist, J., Masker, J., and Orr, L. Youth Corps:
the Corporation for National. Service. Cambridge, MA: Abt.  Associates
Inc. 7.996
(12) Gan, K.N., Jastrzab, J., Jefferson, A., Schneider, G., and Shlager,
C. Youth Corps Emerging Practices for Education and Employment.
Prepared for the Corporation for National and Community Service
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates Inc. 2011.
(13) The Student Conservation Association. "Hudson Valley Corps."
Available at https://www.thesca. org/serve/program /hudson-valky-corps.
(14) The Student Conservation Association. "Adirondack Corps."  Avail-
able at https://www.thesca.org/ serveprogram/ adirondack-corps.
(15) "Programs: The New York State Excelsior Conservation Corps."
Available at https://www.ny.gov; programs/new-york -state-excelsior
conservation- corps.
(16) During aor eleventh-month program, participants perform green
service projects such as energy audits, energy efficiency outreach, or
installation of cool roofs, and concurrently receive employer-driven
training in clean energy or sustainability fields, leading to certif-
ication for work in those fields. Green City Force. "Welcome to Green
City Force" and "Join Us." Available at htto://www.  greencityforce.org/
and http://www. greencityforce.org/ clean-energy-corps, join-us/.
(17) Green City. Force. "Impact." Available at http://www.  greencity-
force.org /about-us/impact/.
(18) See Americans for the Arts. "National Service and the Arts."
Available at http://www. arnericansfortheasts. org/byprogram /report-
sanddata/ legislation- policy/legislative- issue -center/national-
serviceandthe-arts.
(19) A broader statewide commitment to service would build on initi-
atives like the federal Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, passed by
Congress and signed by President Obama in 2009 to increase the benefits
for those participating in Americorps and related programs and encourage
broader national volunteering.
S2370 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing the New  York
state service corps; to amend the parks, recreation and historic pres-
ervation  law  and  the public health law, in relation to the New York
state service corps - health services track; and to repeal  title  2-B
of  article 2 of the public health law, relating to the New York state
§  44.  NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A NEW
YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS, ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE  DEPARTMENT
OF  LABOR  IN CONJUNCTION AND COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS,
RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
2. THE NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS  SHALL  PROVIDE  SERVICE  OPPORTU-
NITIES  FOR INTERESTED APPLICANTS, INCLUDING YOUTH, YOUNG UNEMPLOYED MEN
AND WOMEN, RECENT HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND POST-SECONDARY GRADUATES, AS
WELL AS RECENT RETIREES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECENTLY  COMPLETED  OR
ARE  PURSUING  A  HIGH  SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY EXAMINATION OR PROGRAM. SUCH
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (I) RESIDEN-
TIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL CORPS OPPORTUNITIES;  (II)  ONE-  AND  TWO-YEAR
FELLOWSHIP   PROGRAMS;  (III)  INTERNSHIP  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR  CURRENTLY
ENROLLED STUDENTS; (IV) PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER ANY OTHER  SECTION  OF
LAW  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS - GREEN
JOBS, CONSERVATION, AND REVITALIZATION TRACKS AND NEW YORK STATE SERVICE
CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES TRACK.
3. ALL FELLOWSHIP  AND  INTERNSHIP  OPPORTUNITIES  MAINTAINED  BY  THE
COMMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE, FOCUSED ON
PROVIDING  UNIQUE  OPPORTUNITIES  TO  YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS, GRADUATES AND
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RETIREES, AND SHALL NOT WHOLLY REPLACE WORK CURRENTLY PERFORMED  BY  ANY
CIVIL SERVICE TITLE.
4.  APPLICANTS  FOR  ANY  FELLOWSHIP  OR INTERNSHIP UNDER THIS SECTION
SHALL BE PLACED IN OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE DEEMED MOST LIKELY TO  FURTHER
AN  APPLICANT'S  STATED EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS, IN ORDER
TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM EDUCATIONAL VALUE POSSIBLE.
5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN AND  OPERATE  A  UNIFIED  APPLICATION
PROCESS  FOR SERVICE CORPS OPPORTUNITIES AND SHALL WORK WITH APPROPRIATE
AGENCIES AND, AS APPROPRIATE, THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION ON  NATIONAL
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER SERVICE CORPS PROGRAMS.
§  2.  The section heading and subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 3.23 of
the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, as amended by chap-
ter 128 of the laws of 1987, paragraph (a) of subdivision 3  as  amended
by chapter 717 of the laws of 1988, are amended to read as follows:
New  York  state  [conservation] SERVICE corps - GREEN JOBS, CONSERVA-
TION, AND REVITALIZATION TRACKS.  1. [A] THE New York  state  [conserva-
tion corps] SERVICE CORPS - GREEN JOBS, CONSERVATION, AND REVITALIZATION
TRACKS (hereafter referred to as the "corps") within the office is here-
by established for the following purposes:
a. To protect air, fish, forest, land, water and wildlife;
b.  To  help  maintain  and improve botanical gardens, historic sites,
libraries, museums, parks, parkways, refuges,  trails,  zoos  and  other
recreational, ARTISTIC OR CULTURAL investments;
c. To aid agricultural, fishing, forestry and tourist industries;
d.  To  provide  jobs  and  job  training for young unemployed men and
women, especially from disadvantaged  backgrounds,  AS  WELL  AS  RECENT
GRADUATES  OF  HIGH  SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, COLLEGE, AND POST-
SECONDARY PROGRAMS, to act as a stepladder to permanent employment;
e. To foster co-operation among civilian and governmental agencies  in
order to educate the public about state resources;
f. To reinforce the "I Love New York" campaign;
g.  To  take  advantage  of  the  capital investment in facilities and
equipment already in place from the programs of youth  and  young  adult
and civilian conservation corps paid for by federal dollars;
h.  To  educate  the  participants  about  our natural environment and
cultural heritage, teach first  aid  and  disaster  procedures,  and  to
otherwise encourage them to further their education; and
i.  To  do such other projects which provide disaster relief, increase
energy conservation, PROMOTE GREEN JOBS, improve fire prevention,  beau-
tify  highways,  control  insects  and  rodents,  upgrade  public lands,
PROMOTE RESILIENCY AGAINST HARM FROM  CHANGES  IN  WEATHER  PATTERNS  OR
GENERAL CLIMATE CHANGE, ENHANCE ART AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, and revital-
ize [urban areas] CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES.
3. The corps shall consist of the following components:
a. Summer: for youth enrollees, aged fourteen--[eighteen] TWENTY-FOUR;
b. Seasonal: for unemployed young adult enrollees, aged sixteen--twen-
ty-four;
c.  Non-residential:  for young adult enrollees, aged sixteen--twenty-
d. Residential: for young adult enrollees, aged eighteen--twenty-five;
e. Volunteer: for interested persons of any age who are members of  an
organized group which has proper leadership and insurance;
f. Crew Leader: for young adults, aged eighteen and over;
g.  Staff:  for adults, aged twenty-one and up, who are needed for the
few positions enrollees or crew leaders cannot fill; [and]
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h. Director: for adults, aged twenty-five and up, who are in charge of
local or state  projects,  residential  camps,  or  overall  program  of
corps[.]; AND
I.  FELLOW: FOR YOUNG ADULT ENROLLEES, WHO WILL RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL BENEFIT FROM THE EXPERIENCE PROVIDED ANY PROGRAM  OPER-
ATED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  AND WHO SHALL WORK FOR A SET-TERM OF ONE OR
TWO-YEARS AS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE.
§ 3. Title 2-B of article 2 of the public health law is REPEALED and a
new title 2-B is added to read as follows:
TITLE 2-B
NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES TRACK
SECTION 231. NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES TRACK.
232. POWERS AND DUTIES.
§ 231. NEW YORK STATE SERVICE CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES  TRACK.  1.  THE
COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THE NEW YORK STATE
SERVICE CORPS - HEALTH SERVICES TRACK (HEREINAFTER "CORPS"). THE COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND, AS APPRO-
PRIATE, THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE,
HAVE CENTRAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
TITLE  WITH RESPECT TO INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH SERVICES IN
CERTAIN ELIGIBLE FACILITIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE: (A) "HEALTH CORPS PROFESSIONAL" MEANS A
NURSE, PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT, DENTAL HYGIENIST, OCCUPATIONAL  THERAPIST,
SPEECH-LANGUAGE  PATHOLOGIST,  AUDIOLOGIST, PHYSICAL THERAPIST, MIDWIFE,
OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OTHER THAN A  PHYSICIAN  OR  DENTIST,  OR  ANY
OTHER  PROFESSIONAL  WITH  DEMONSTRATED  PROFICIENCY  IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
HEALTH OR DEVELOPMENT WHO IS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN  CONSUL-
TATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONERS  OF  EDUCATION,  CORRECTIONAL SERVICES,
MENTAL HEALTH, PERSONS WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES,  SECRETARY  OF
STATE, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, TO POSSESS THE
SKILLS  AND  TRAINING  APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS
AND FACILITIES;
(B) "ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES" MEANS: (I) FACILITIES OPER-
ATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
AND OFFICE OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES;  (II)  NON-PROFIT
AGENCIES  POSSESSING  OPERATING  CERTIFICATES  ISSUED  BY  THE OFFICE OF
MENTAL HEALTH OR OFFICE FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES  OR
UNDER  CONTRACT  WITH  THE  COMMISSION  FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY HAND-
ICAPPED; (III) NOT-FOR-PROFIT DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS  LICENSED
UNDER  ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH HAVE A CRITICAL SHORT-
AGE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL, AS DETERMINED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  AND  WHICH
SERVE  THE MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND MEDICAID ELIGIBLE PERSONS; (IV) HEALTH
CARE FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED THAT  AT  ANY  TIME
THE  TOTAL  NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS IN SUCH FACILITIES SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS UNDER THIS SECTION; (V) IN THE
CASE OF MIDWIVES, NOT-FOR-PROFIT FACILITIES LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE TWEN-
TY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH SERVE THE MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND MEDICAID
ELIGIBLE WOMEN; AND (VI)  AN  EDUCATION  PROGRAM  OPERATED  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
§  232.  POWERS  AND DUTIES.   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION
WITH THE  COMMISSIONERS  OF  EDUCATION,  CORRECTIONAL  SERVICES,  MENTAL
HEALTH, PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, SECRETARY OF STATE, AND
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS
1.  TO  RECRUIT  AND  SELECT HEALTH CORPS PROFESSIONALS FOR SERVICE IN
ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES;
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2. TO PLACE HEALTH CORPS PROFESSIONALS IN  ELIGIBLE  INSTITUTIONS  AND
FACILITIES  PURSUANT  TO AGREEMENTS WITH THE APPROPRIATE ELIGIBLE INSTI-
TUTIONS AND FACILITIES;
3.  TO  DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF APPLICANTS FOR PLACEMENT
UNDER THIS PROGRAM INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STUDENT'S ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT, PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE IN THEIR CHOSEN HEALTH  PROFESSION
AND  A  DEMONSTRATED  INTEREST  IN  WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONALIZED POPU-
LATIONS, COMMUNITIES WITH SERIOUS HEALTH NEEDS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO POPULATIONS WITH HIGH RATES OF CHRONIC ILLNESS OR MEDICAID  ELIGIBIL-
ITY, AND CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.
4. TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND ANY GRANTS, AWARDS OR OTHER FUNDS OR APPROPRI-
ATIONS  AS  MAY  BE  AVAILABLE  TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE
SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS AS TO THE APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES AND  AUDIT
AS PRESCRIBED FOR STATE FUNDS BY THE STATE FINANCE LAW; AND
5.  TO  DO  ANY  AND ALL OTHER THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT ITS FUNC-
TIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES AND TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE.