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                                 10466--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2020
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Nolan) --
   read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Labor  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend chapter 25 of the laws of 2020, relating to providing
   requirements for sick leave and  the  provision  of  certain  employee
   benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or precautionary
   order  of  quarantine  or  isolation  due  to COVID-19, in relation to
   mandatory and precautionary orders of quarantine or isolation and  the
   provision of certain employee benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 25  of  the  laws  of
 2020,  relating  to  providing  requirements  for  sick  leave  and  the
 provision of certain employee benefits when such employee is subject  to
 a  mandatory  or  precautionary  order of quarantine or isolation due to
 COVID-19, is amended to read as follows:
   2. (A) For purposes of this act, "mandatory or precautionary order  of
 quarantine  or  isolation" shall mean a mandatory or precautionary order
 of quarantine or isolation issued by the state of New York, the [depart-
 ment] COMMISSIONER of health, local board of health, LOCAL HEALTH  OFFI-
 CER,  or any government OFFICIAL OR entity [duly] (AS ANY OF THOSE TERMS
 IS DEFINED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW) authorized to issue such order, due
 to COVID-19.
   (B)   WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTARILY  PARTICIPATES  IN  PRECAUTIONARY
 QUARANTINE,  A WRITTEN AGREEMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION OF COMMUNICATION
 WITH AN OFFICIAL OR ENTITY LISTED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, OR  THE  INDIVID-
 UAL'S ATTENDING HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER (LICENSED, CERTIFIED, OR OTHER-
 WISE  AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE  UNDER  TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW,
 ACTING WITHIN THE PRACTITIONER'S LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE)  THAT  DEMON-
 STRATES  ADHERENCE TO PRECAUTIONARY QUARANTINE MEASURES SHALL BE CONSID-
 ERED A PRECAUTIONARY ORDER OF QUARANTINE OR ISOLATION FOR  THE  PURPOSES
 OF  THIS  ACT.  THE  AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENTATION SHALL SET FORTH THAT THE
 INDIVIDUAL IS TO QUARANTINE OR ISOLATE AND THAT  THE  INDIVIDUAL  EITHER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16336-04-0

 A. 10466--A                         2
 
 TESTED  POSITIVE  FOR COVID-19 OR IS EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH
 COVID-19.
   THE  ATTENDING  HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER SHALL NOTIFY THE LOCAL HEALTH
 DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAMES PRESCRIBED UNDER  REGULATION,  OR  WHEN
 PROVIDING  DOCUMENTATION FOR QUARANTINE OR ISOLATION THAT OCCURRED PRIOR
 TO THE TAKING EFFECT OF THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL NOTIFY  THE  LOCAL  HEALTH
 DEPARTMENT  CONCURRENT  WITH  OR PRIOR TO PROVIDING THE DOCUMENTATION TO
 THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE INDIVIDUAL'S EMPLOYER.    FAILURE  TO  NOTIFY  THE
 LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE INDIVIDUAL'S ENTITLEMENT TO
 SICK LEAVE UNDER THIS ACT.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of section 1 of chapter 25 of the laws of 2020,
 relating to providing requirements for sick leave and the  provision  of
 certain  employee  benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory
 or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due  to  COVID-19,  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F)  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, EMPLOYEES SHALL BE PROVIDED SICK LEAVE
 AND OTHER BENEFITS IN EACH INSTANCE THEY  MEET  THE  QUALIFICATIONS  FOR
 QUARANTINE OR ISOLATION DUE TO COVID-19.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.