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                                   5055
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, EACHUS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring employ-
   ees and independent contractors to notify  employers  and  contractors
   upon  receiving a positive result of a test for COVID-19 and providing
   penalties for violations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2184 to read as follows:
   § 2184. EMPLOYER NOTIFICATION UPON RECEIPT OF POSITIVE TEST. 1.  EVERY
 EMPLOYEE OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EMPLOYER IN THIS STATE  WHO  RECEIVES  A
 POSITIVE  RESULT  FOR A COVID-19 TEST SHALL NOTIFY THE OWNER, SUPERVISOR
 OR MANAGER OF SUCH EMPLOYER OF SUCH POSITIVE TEST  RESULT  WITHIN  THREE
 HOURS  OF  RECEIVING  THE  TEST  RESULT;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE
 EMPLOYER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS IS CLOSED, SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE GIVEN
 BY THE EMPLOYEE TO THE EMPLOYER NO LATER THAN 10:00 A.M. ON THE NEXT DAY
 THAT THE EMPLOYER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS IS OPEN OR THREE HOURS  AFTER  THE
 EMPLOYER'S BUSINESS OPENS IF THE BUSINESS OPENS AFTER 10:00 A.M.
   2.  EVERY  INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR WHO RECEIVES A POSITIVE RESULT FOR A
 COVID-19 TEST SHALL NOTIFY THE  OWNER,  SUPERVISOR  OR  MANAGER  OF  THE
 CONTRACTOR FOR WHOM THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR PROVIDES SERVICES OF SUCH
 POSITIVE  TEST  RESULT  WITHIN THREE HOURS OF RECEIVING THE TEST RESULT;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE CONTRACTOR'S PLACE OF BUSINESS IS CLOSED,
 SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE GIVEN BY THE INDEPENDENT  CONTRACTOR  TO  THE
 CONTRACTOR  NO  LATER  THAN 10:00 A.M. ON THE NEXT DAY THAT THE CONTRAC-
 TOR'S PLACE OF BUSINESS IS OPEN OR THREE HOURS  AFTER  THE  CONTRACTOR'S
 BUSINESS OPENS IF THE BUSINESS OPENS AFTER 10:00 A.M.
   3.  SUBJECT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, A
 PERSON WHO FAILS TO GIVE NOTIFICATION AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION  SHALL
 BE  GUILTY  OF  A MISDEMEANOR AND/OR SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL FINE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03958-01-5
              

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 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DAY OR PART THEREOF THAT  NOTIFICATION  IS
 NOT  GIVEN.  ALL  FINES  COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
 COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND SHALL BE DEPOSITED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 AND  CREDITED TO THE DISEASE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED BY THE COMP-
 TROLLER IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE-OTHER FUND.
   4. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO  ANY  PERSON  WHO
 RECEIVES  A  POSITIVE RESULT FOR A COVID-19 TEST BUT WHO IS INCAPABLE OF
 PROVIDING THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.