Assembly Bill A3802

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A3802 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §167, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10072
2011-2012: A1744
2013-2014: A1403
2015-2016: A1836
2017-2018: A543
2019-2020: A3719
2021-2022: A363

2023-A3802 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A3802 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3802
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, STECK, COLTON -- read once and referred
   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 amended by chapter 815 of the laws of 2022, 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law; provided however, that if chapter 815 of the laws of
 2022 shall not have taken effect on or before such date  then  this  act
 shall  take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such chap-
 ter of the laws of 2022, takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07108-02-3

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