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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S08640 Summary: BILL NO S08640 &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A10315

&nbsp SPONSOR MARTINEZ &nbsp COSPNSR MATTERA &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add §55-d, Civ Serv L &nbsp Provides that the civil service commission may determine that one in every thirty-six positions with duties which can be performed by persons with autism spectrum disorder.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

8640

IN SENATE

January 7, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to employment of persons with autism spectrum disorder

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby 2 finds there exists a critical and ongoing need to address the dispropor- 3 tionately high unemployment rates among individuals with autism spectrum 4 disorder in New York State. The Centers for Disease Control and 5 Prevention (CDC) currently estimates 1 in 31 children born are diagnosed 6 with autism, signaling a growing segment of the population whose talents 7 and contributions we should be ensuring are adequately represented in 8 our state's workforce. 9 § 2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 55-d to 10 read as follows: 11 § 55-d. Employment of persons with autism spectrum disorder by the 12 state. 1. The commission may determine one in every thirty-six positions 13 with duties such as can be performed by persons with autism spectrum 14 disorder who are otherwise qualified to perform satisfactorily the 15 duties of any such position. Upon such determination, such positions 16 shall be classified in the noncompetitive class, and may be filled only 17 by persons who shall have been certified by the employee health service 18 of the department as being a person with autism spectrum disorder. 19 2. Such employees hired under subdivision one of this section shall be 20 afforded the same opportunity to take promotional examinations as 21 provided to employees in the competitive class. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14028-01-5

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