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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Carr
Convene Workgroup to Review Hiring During Times of Emergencies (language only)

Item 86 #4h

Item 86 #4h

Administration
Department of Human Resource Management

Language

Page 74, after line 27, insert:

"J. The Director of the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management shall convene a multi-agency workgroup, comprising agency leaders and human resources staff from state agencies most likely to be in need of staffing assistance during emergencies, to examine the feasibility of funding for, and policies and procedures necessary for (i) granting agencies exemptions from certain competitive hiring requirements during emergencies; (ii) requiring selected state agency staff to temporarily support other agencies in need of staffing assistance during emergencies through existing or new state initiatives; and (iii) providing necessary funding to cover the associated costs. The workgroup should propose criteria to determine under what circumstances these emergency hiring practices may be invoked and a process for invoking this authority as well as terminating it. The workgroup should submit its findings to the Secretary of Administration, the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and the chair of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee by December 1, 2022."



Explanation

(This amendment convenes a workgroup to consider modifying/simplifying hiring processes in times of emergencies consistent with one of JLARCs recommendations in their review of the VEC.)