Bill Text: NY S05363 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the establishment of a wage data clearinghouse.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-12 - PRINT NUMBER 5363B [S05363 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05363-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5363--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accord- ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the establishment of a wage data clearinghouse The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 44 to read 2 as follows: 3 § 44. Wage data clearinghouse. 1. The commissioner, subject to avail- 4 able appropriations and in consultation with the commissioner of the 5 education department and the state workforce investment board, shall 6 establish a wage data clearinghouse. The purpose of the wage data 7 clearinghouse shall be to use existing unemployment insurance data as 8 described in section five hundred thirty-seven of this chapter and other 9 available labor, education and workforce development data to evaluate 10 the long-term effectiveness of workforce development and education 11 programs and to identify gaps in the availability of existing and 12 proposed workforce development training to meet employment needs, in 13 addition, the clearinghouse shall conduct any other research it identi- 14 fies as contributing to increasing the attainment of long-term employ- 15 ment of residents of this state, especially those who are unemployed or 16 underemployed. 17 2. The wage data clearinghouse shall be administered by an academic 18 institution in the state of New York with proven expertise in analyzing 19 labor data and shall be selected by the commissioner, in consultation 20 with the commissioner of the education department and the state work- 21 force investment board, through a request for proposals process. Crite- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07591-12-8S. 5363--B 2 1 ria shall include, but not be limited to, the demonstrated ability of 2 the chosen institution to analyze unemployment insurance and wage 3 reporting data and to leverage and attract federal funds and non-govern- 4 mental funds. The commissioner is authorized to provide funding to a 5 selected academic institution for operating a wage data clearinghouse of 6 up to six hundred thousand dollars, subject to appropriation. Any 7 unused allocation may be made available in the subsequent fiscal year. 8 3. The department shall provide the wage data clearinghouse with all 9 state and federal unemployment insurance and wage and employment related 10 data it has available, including but not limited to unemployment insur- 11 ance data as described in section five hundred thirty-seven of this 12 chapter. All disclosure requirements specified in section five hundred 13 thirty-seven of this chapter shall apply to all wage data clearinghouse 14 employees working with the data. 15 4. A statewide wage data clearinghouse advisory board is hereby estab- 16 lished for the purpose of determining statewide objectives and the wage 17 data clearinghouse's research and evaluation priorities after consulta- 18 tion with the director of the wage data clearinghouse. The advisory 19 board shall appoint a director with expertise in large data systems and 20 data security with preference given to a candidate who has experience 21 with workforce development. Such director shall receive an annual salary 22 within amounts appropriated. (a) The advisory board shall consist of 23 twelve members, including: the chancellor of the state university of New 24 York, or such chancellor's designee; the commissioner of the state 25 education department, or such commissioner's designee; the commissioner 26 of the state department of labor, or the commissioner's designee; a 27 representative of superintendents of schools, appointed by the governor; 28 a representative of a district superintendents of schools, appointed by 29 the governor; a representative of community colleges, appointed by the 30 governor; and, six members of the public, including three appointed by 31 the speaker of the assembly and three appointed by the president pro 32 tempore of the senate. The public members of the advisory board shall 33 have expertise in large data systems and data security, workforce devel- 34 opment programs, economic development, business management and/or organ- 35 ized labor. (b) The members of the advisory board shall receive no 36 compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual and 37 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant 38 to this section, subject to the approval of the department. (c) Advisory 39 board members who represent state agencies shall be appointed for terms 40 of three years, and members who represent local governments shall serve 41 terms of two years and all other members shall serve terms of four 42 years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appoint- 43 ments for the remainder of the unexpired term. (d) Advisory board 44 members shall each be granted voting rights and will together elect a 45 chair whose designation shall be made bi-annually. (e) The advisory 46 board shall meet at such times and places as may be determined by its 47 chair. The advisory board shall meet at a minimum of six times in the 48 first year and a minimum of three times per year thereafter. All meet- 49 ings shall be open to the public pursuant to article seven of the public 50 officers law. A majority of the members of such council shall constitute 51 a quorum for the transaction of business. (f) After consultation with 52 the director, the advisory board shall discuss and vote on research 53 priorities and topics for the clearinghouse that do not duplicate any 54 research or statistics the department undertakes and that focus on the 55 need of the users of the analysis, which are state and local policyS. 5363--B 3 1 makers, educational entities, workforce development providers, busi- 2 nesses, and economic development administrators. 3 5. The wage data clearinghouse shall use unemployment insurance data 4 as described in section five hundred thirty-seven of this chapter 5 provided by the department and any other data sets including data 6 provided by state, federal or local agencies it deems appropriate. The 7 clearinghouse shall keep private and safeguard any personally identifi- 8 able information it obtains and shall not release such information to 9 any other party, and shall use any data it obtains solely for the 10 purpose of furthering the effectiveness and efficiency of workforce 11 development efforts as provided in this section. 12 6. The wage data clearinghouse shall release reports and aggregated 13 data to the department, which shall be posted on the department's 14 website as well as on any website maintained by the clearinghouse. 15 7. One year after selection of the academic institution that will 16 serve as the clearinghouse, the department shall submit to the director 17 of the budget, the chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of 18 the assembly ways and means committee, the chairs of senate and assembly 19 labor committees, the speaker of the assembly, and the president pro 20 tempore of the senate, an evaluation of this program prepared by the 21 department. Such evaluation shall be submitted every four years there- 22 after. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
