Bill Text: NY S08679 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a study on the current civil service examination process to identify, and provide recommendations to improve current methodologies used regarding the examination process to ensure diversity in recruitment and hiring in the public sector.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-10 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S08679 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S08679-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8679 IN SENATE May 10, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to direct the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a study on the current civil service examination process to identify and provide recommendations to improve current methodologies used regarding the examination process to ensure diversity in recruit- ment and hiring in the public sector The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The president of the state civil service commission is 2 hereby directed to conduct a study on the current civil service examina- 3 tion process to identify existing resources and provide recommendations 4 on how to improve current methodologies used regarding the examination 5 process to ensure diversity in the recruitment and hiring in the public 6 sector. Such study shall review the various needs of applicants based 7 on age, race, creed, color, national origin, native language, sexual 8 orientation, gender identity or expression, sex, disability or marital 9 status. The study must also review available resources to ensure that 10 each of the needs of the above applicants are sufficiently met to ensure 11 that there are no undue barriers that could limit opportunities and 12 prevent a diverse public sector workforce. Such resources shall include, 13 but not be limited to, transportation, accessibility to examination 14 location and times of examinations, technology, preparation courses on 15 general exams, translators, tests available in applicant's native 16 language, preparation materials or other study materials provided to 17 applicants before examinations are scheduled, mentors or a mentorship 18 program, or any other testing accommodations deemed necessary for a 19 documented disability. If resources are not available, the commission 20 shall make recommendations regarding how such resources can be provided. 21 Such commission shall also make other recommendations regarding the 22 examination process to ensure diversity in recruitment and hiring in the 23 public sector. 24 § 2. On or before two hundred seventy days after the effective date of 25 this act, the president of the state civil service commission shall EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08070-03-8S. 8679 2 1 complete the study pursuant to section one of this act and shall there- 2 after deliver a copy of the findings and any legislative recommendations 3 he or she deems to be necessary to the governor, the temporary president 4 of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. 5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
