Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 12, 2012 |
committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 08, 2012 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to labor |
Apr 27, 2011 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S4821
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S4821 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S4821 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4821 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to restrictions on consecutive hours of work for nurses in the office of children and family services SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: of the bill amends Section 167 of the labor law to add, facilities licensed or operated pursuant to Article 19-G of the Executive Law to the definition of Employer. Section 2: of the bill sets forth the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Unlike their counterparts in other health care settings such as hospitals, correctional facilities, and mental health hospitals, nurses in facilities operated by the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) are not covered by legislation enacted in 2008 limiting mandatory overtime. Aside from the personal and family hardships created by being forced to work extra hours, quality of care is jeopardized by mandatory overtime. When nurses are exhausted by long hours and little rest time there is an increased risk of medical errors that can harm a patient's health or well being. The work performed by nurses in OCFS is no less strenuous or demanding than the work of nurses currently covered, and their exclusion has
2011-S4821 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4821 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to restrictions on consec- utive hours of work for nurses in the office of children and family services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 167 of the labor law, as added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: a. "Health care employer" shall mean any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or in the interest of the employer, which provides health care services (i) in a facility licensed or operated pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health law, including any facility operated by the state, a poli- tical subdivision or a public corporation as defined by section sixty- six of the general construction law, or (ii) in a facility operated by the state, a political subdivision or a public corporation as defined by section sixty-six of the general construction law, operated or licensed pursuant to the mental hygiene law, the education law, ARTICLE 19-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, or the correction law. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10653-01-1
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