STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7290 IN SENATE January 5, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2017, relating to directing the president of the civil service commission to study and publish a report on nurse practitioners, in relation to directing the director of classification and compensation of the department of civil service to study and publish a report on nurse practitioners as proposed in legislative bills number A. 834-B and S. 3567-B The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Sections 1, 2 and 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2017, 2 relating to directing the president of the civil service commission to 3 study and publish a report on nurse practitioners, as proposed in legis- 4 lative bills numbers A. 834-B and S. 3567-B, are amended to read as 5 follows: 6 Section 1. It is the policy of this state to pursue equitable compen- 7 sation for similar titles/duties within the state workforce and provide 8 for opportunities for career advancement. [~~Compensation should be based~~ 9 ~~not only on educational requirements, but also on the actual duties,~~ 10 ~~experience and advanced educational certification.~~] The [~~job title~~] 11 occupational category of nurse practitioner [~~is overdue for a thorough~~ 12 ~~review~~] must be thoroughly reviewed by the director of classification 13 and compensation of the department of civil service [~~commission~~] to 14 ensure that there is appropriate compensation. 15 § 2. [~~The president of the state~~] In accordance with section 118 of 16 the civil service law, the director of classification and compensation 17 of the department of civil service [~~commission~~] is hereby directed to 18 study and publish a report on the [~~job title~~] occupational category of 19 nurse practitioner. The study and report shall include, but not be 20 limited to: 21 (a) the current job [~~description~~] descriptions of nurse practitioner 22 titles and any changes that should be made to more accurately reflect 23 the actual duties of such positions; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03751-06-7

S. 7290 2 1 (b) determination if the current [~~grade 24~~] salary allocations for 2 nurse practitioner job titles adequately [~~reflects~~] reflect the [~~actual~~ 3 ~~complexity of~~] positions' responsibilities and duties; 4 (c) [~~the identification of~~] determination if there should be a career 5 ladder [~~to be~~] for nurse practitioner titles, as is utilized [~~in line~~ 6 ~~with~~] for other licensed medical professionals such as registered nurs- 7 es, social workers, rehabilitation counselors, dentists and doctors; and 8 (d) [~~the correlation between career ladders and the impact on~~ 9 ~~retention; and~~ 10 ~~(e)~~] an assessment of whether recognition of board certification [as 11 ~~part of the career ladder~~] is needed by the state. 12 § 3. The [~~president~~] director of [~~the~~] classification and compensation 13 of the department of civil service [~~commission~~] shall determine if there 14 is a need to make changes to the nurse practitioner [~~title~~] job titles 15 based on the information in the report. The [~~president~~] director of 16 [~~the~~] classification and compensation of the department of civil service 17 [~~commission~~] shall submit the above described published report to the 18 speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, the tempo- 19 rary president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate and the 20 governor's office of employee relations by July 1, 2018. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 22 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017 directing the president of the 23 civil service commission to study and publish a report on nurse practi- 24 tioners, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A. 834-B and S. 25 3567-B, takes effect.

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