PRINTER'S NO. 361
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
365
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, BARTOLOTTA, STREET, SANTARSIERO,
MENSCH, BREWSTER, COSTA, KANE AND HUGHES, MARCH 10, 2021
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 10, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in selection of employees for entrance
to or promotion in classified service, providing for
additional points in grading civil service examinations of
applicants with disabilities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 2308. Additional points in grading civil service examinations
of applicants with disabilities.
(a) Additional points assessed.--Whenever an applicant with
a disability successfully passes a civil service appointment
examination for a public position in this Commonwealth, or any
political subdivision thereof, and establishes that the person
possesses the qualifications required by law for appointment to
the public position, the person's examination shall be marked or
graded an additional five points above the mark or grade
credited for the examination, and the total mark or grade
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obtained shall represent the final mark or grade of the person
and shall determine the person's standing on any eligible list,
certified or furnished to the appointing power.
(b) Advertisement.--The director shall advertise, on the
commission's publicly accessible Internet website and in all
commission announcements, advertisements and examination
materials that to determine standing on all certified
eligibility lists, an additional five points will be applied to
the final examination score obtained by an applicant with a
disability in accordance with this section.
(c) Qualification.--
(1) In order to qualify for the additional points as
provided in subsection (a), an applicant must voluntarily
disclose to the commission that the applicant has a
disability and submit any supporting documentation as
required by the commission under this section.
(2) Nothing in this section may be construed as
requiring an applicant to disclose a disability in violation
of any Federal, State or local law.
(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"applicant with a disability" shall mean an applicant who
discloses to the commission that the applicant has a handicap or
disability as defined under the act of October 27, 1955
(P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations
Act, and as required under subsection (c).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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