NY State Senate Bill 2019-S5805

Senate Bill S5805

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain employers to register with the office of information technology services alert system

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Add §219-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S3946
2023-2024: S2299

2019-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring certain employers to register with the office of information technology services alert system to facilitate the timely distribution of information from the state concerning critical information about emergency incidents or occurrences which pose a potential imminent threat to the health or safety of the employees of such employers.

2019-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5805

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requir-
ing certain employers to register for emergency alerts from the state of
New York public safety alert mass notification system

 
PURPOSE:

To requiring certain employers to register with the state of New York
public safety alert mass notification system in order for ease of
distributing emergency information.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 requires employers with more than five employees to register
for alerts and to set a procedure to disseminate the alerts.

Section 2 sets the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

On Thursday November 15, 2018, New York City, Westchester, Long Island
and the surrounding area was crippled by a snow storm that many would
consider to be minor, having produced only six inches of snow.  Stories
include short commutes that typically take under an hour taking in
excess of six hours. Children were on school buses for up to ten hours.
Thousands of buses were canceled, and countless commuters were stranded
or delayed with train cancelations or delays.  Emergency vehicles and
plows could not get through, further exacerbating the situation. The
unexpected nature of the storm was further compounded by the lack of
information available to the public.  Requests to stay off the roads did
not reach commuters and instead employers were sending employees home
early, causing even further delays.

This bill aims to amplify the distribution of public safety notifica-
tions by requiring employer registration in the emergency alert notifi-
cation system (alert.ny.gov). The ability to distribute information
through this system can help elevate and manage weather and other emer-
gencies by effectively distributing important and relevant information
to reduce difficulties, delays, and threats to health and safety caused
by significant weather events and other emergencies.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after becoming law.

2019-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5805
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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 requiring certain  employ-
   ers to register for emergency alerts from the state of New York public
   safety alert mass notification system

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  219-d  to
 read as follows:
   §  219-D. EMERGENCY ALERT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM REQUIRED EMPLOYER REGIS-
 TRATION. 1. EACH EMPLOYER LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE THAT EMPLOYS FIVE  OR
 MORE  EMPLOYEES,  SHALL  REGISTER  WITH  THE STATE OFFICE OF INFORMATION
 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ALERT SYSTEM KNOWN AS ALERT.NY.GOV TO FACILITATE THE
 TIMELY DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION FROM THE  STATE  CONCERNING  CRITICAL
 INFORMATION ABOUT EMERGENCY INCIDENTS OR OCCURRENCES WHICH POSE A POTEN-
 TIAL  IMMINENT  THREAT  TO THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF THE EMPLOYEES OF SUCH
 EMPLOYERS.
   2. EACH EMPLOYER SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION,  AFTER  RECEIVING  AN  ALERT
 NOTIFICATION  FROM  SUCH  MASS  ALERT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, SHALL DISSEM-
 INATE, WHEN APPROPRIATE, INFORMATION RELATING TO SUCH NOTIFICATION IN  A
 TIMELY  MANNER  TO EACH EMPLOYEE AND SHALL DO SO THROUGH AT LEAST ONE OF
 THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION METHODS:
   (A) AUTOMATED DELIVERY OF TEXT MESSAGES;
   (B) PHONE CALLS; OR
   (C) ELECTRONIC MAIL.
   3. EACH EMPLOYER SUBJECT TO THIS  SECTION  SHALL  CREATE  A  PLAN  AND
 PROCEDURES  FOR  DETERMINING WHEN DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IS APPRO-
 PRIATE, HOW TO DISSEMINATE SUCH INFORMATION, AND  ANY  ACTION  THAT  THE
 EMPLOYER SHALL TAKE IN RESPONSE TO SUCH INFORMATION IN ORDER TO PRESERVE
 THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11309-02-9

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