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                                  8292--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2020
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 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when  printed  to  be committed 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.
                                                            LBD16336-02-0

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 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.