Assembly Bill A5828

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain New York city emergency medical services personnel under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19)

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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
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2023-A5828 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6265
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §591, Lab L

2023-A5828 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain New York city emergency medical services personnel under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19); provides that such employees shall not be deprived of benefit payments by reason of COVID-19 quarantine.

2023-A5828 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5828
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to eligibility for  unemploy-
   ment  benefits  for  certain  New York city emergency medical services
   personnel under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19)

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  591  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. COVID-19 QUARANTINE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW,
 ANY PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF NEW  YORK  OR  BY  A  HOSPITAL
 WITHIN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  WHOSE DUTIES ARE THOSE OF AN EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  (AS  THOSE
 TERMS  ARE  DEFINED  IN  SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
 LAW) RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE  CITY  OF
 NEW YORK'S 911 SYSTEM, WHO IS UNDER MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY QUARANTINE AS
 A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19), SHALL NOT BE DEPRIVED OF BENEFIT
 PAYMENTS  BY  REASON OF SUCH QUARANTINE. CLAIMANTS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
 TO PARTICIPATE IN REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES OR USE VACATION TIME WHILE UNDER
 QUARANTINE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08011-01-3

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