Senate Bill S4779

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Includes certified nursing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on consecutive hours of work

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4779 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1836
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง167, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4520, A10072
2011-2012: S159, A1744
2013-2014: S1054, A1403
2017-2018: S857, A543
2019-2020: S965, A3719
2021-2022: A363
2023-2024: A3802

2015-S4779 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes certified nursing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on consecutive hours of work.

2015-S4779 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4779 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4779

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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 including certified  nurs-
  ing  assistants  in  provisions  of  law  relating  to restrictions on
  consecutive hours of work

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 1 of section 167 of the labor
law, as added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2008, is amended and  a  new
paragraph d is added to read as follows:
  b.  "Nurse"  shall  mean a registered professional nurse or a licensed
practical nurse as defined by article one  hundred  thirty-nine  of  the
education  law  who provides direct patient care, OR A CERTIFIED NURSING
ASSISTANT AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
  D. "CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO HAS  SUCCESS-
FULLY  COMPLETED  A  NURSE  AIDE  TRAINING  AND/OR COMPETENCY EVALUATION
PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH  AND/OR  IS  CURRENTLY
LISTED IN THE NURSE AIDE REGISTRY.
  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.
                                                           LBD01568-01-5

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